A democracy of despots [[electronic resource] /] / Donald Murray

• Autore: Murray Don <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1995
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 250 p
• Disciplina: 947.085/4/0922
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / General
• Soggetto geografico: Russia (Federation) History; Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991; Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- An Oasis of Liberty -- Searching for the New World -- The First Campaign -- The Day of Discussion -- The Swamp -- An Unofficial funeral -- Miniature, Everyday Coups -- Another Country ... Another Man -- The Final Coup -- The Rebel -- Raskol -- A Higher Value -- Russia Returns to Its Roots -- Confrontation Still Lives in Our Souls -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A Democracy of Despots is a history of Soviet and Russian experiments with democratic institutions from 1988 to 1995. Based on eye-witness accounts and in-depth interviews with most of the political leaders in this drama, it tells the story of the men and women who began an experiment in euphoria only to find themselves at war with one another five years later. Arguing that Gorbachev and Yeltsin used the democratic institutions they created to crush political opponents and increase their own personal power, Murray concludes that the rise of Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the war in Chechnya are not aberrations on Russia's road to democracy but the logical extension and consequence of Gorbachev's and Yeltsin's despotism.
• Titolo autorizzato: A democracy of despots
• ISBN: 1-282-85365-1; 9786612853654; 0-7735-6568-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782181903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II