Revolutionary passage [[electronic resource] ] : from Soviet to post-Soviet Russia, 1985-2000 / / Marc Garcelon

• Autore: Garcelon Marc <1958->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 947.086
• Soggetto topico: Political culture - Russia (Federation); Political culture - Soviet Union; Perestroĭka; Democracy - Russia (Federation); Intellectuals - Soviet Union
• Soggetto geografico: Soviet Union Intellectual life 1970-1991; Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991; Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-301) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Acronyms and Russian Terms; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Passages; 1 The Specialist Rebellion in Moscow and the Genesis of a Revolutionary Situation; 2 The Rise of Democratic Russia; 3 Democrats on the Offensive; 4 August 1991 and the Decline of Russia's Democratic Movement; 5 Interregnum; Appendix: English Translation of Russian Questionnaire Used in the Survey in Chapter One; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Revolutionary Passage is a cultural, social, and political history of Russia during its critical period of transformation at the end of the twentieth century. Marc Garcelon traces the history of perestroika and the rise of Vladimir Putin, arguing that the pressure Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms put on the Soviet system gave birth to movements for democratic change. He also shows that the very political arrangements that prompted the fall of Communism also killed hopes for subsequent reform. At the turning point of this political revolution stood Democratic Russia, or DemRoss
• Titolo autorizzato: Revolutionary passage
• ISBN: 1-281-09394-7; 9786611093945; 1-59213-363-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450833303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics, history, and social change.