The Rebirth of Russian Democracy
Author: Nicolai N. Petro
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780674750012
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Posts
The Rebirth of Politics in Russia
Author: Michael E. Urban
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-03-28
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780521566117
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBlending first hand accounts of grassroots politics with an original theory of social relations under communism, this 1997 book seeks to explain one of the seminal events of this century: the rebirth of politics in Russia amid the collapse of the USSR. The authors trace the process from the pre-political period of dissident activity, through perestroika and the appearance of political groups and publications, elections, the formation of political parties and mass movements, counter-revolution and coup d'état, the victory of democratic forces and the organization of a Russian state; to the struggle of power in the post-communist epoch, the violent end of the first republic and the contentious relations engulfing its successor. By focusing on the popular forces which accomplished Russia's political rebirth, rather than the reforms of the Soviet establishment, this book offers an original perspective on this critical period.
Crafting Democracy
Author: Nicolai N. Petro
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780801442940
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShifting the focus -- Culture, myth, and symbols.
Russia's Capitalist Revolution
Author: Anders Åslund
Publisher: Peterson Institute
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 0881325376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe
Author: Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 2019-06-12
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9633863104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe examines the historical examples of Soviet Communism, Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and Spanish Anarchism, suggesting that, in spite of their differences, they had some key features in common, in particular their shared hostility to individualism, representative government, laissez faire capitalism, and the decadence they associated with modern culture. But rather than seeking to return to earlier ways of working these movements and regimes sought to design a new future – an alternative future – that would restore the nation to spiritual and political health. The Fascists, for their part, specifically promoted palingenesis, which is to say the spiritual rebirth of the nation. The book closes with a long epilogue, in which Ramet defends liberal democracy, highlighting its strengths and advantages. In this chapter, the author identifies five key choke points, which would-be authoritarians typically seek to control, subvert, or instrumentalize: electoral rules, the judiciary, the media, hate speech, and surveillance, and looks at the cases of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, Jarosław Kaczyński’s Poland, and Donald Trump’s United States.
The Great Rebirth
Author: Anders Aslund
Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics
Published: 2014-10-29
Total Pages: 531
ISBN-13: 0881326976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fall of communism 25 years ago transformed the political and economic landscape in more than two dozen countries across Europe and Asia. In this volume political leaders, scholars, and policymakers assess the lessons learned from the “great rebirth” of capitalism, highlighting the policies that were the most successful in helping countries make the transition to stable and prosperous market economies, as well as those cases of countries reverting to political and economic authoritarianism. The authors of these essays conclude that visionary leadership, and a willingness to take bold and comprehensive steps, achieved the best outcomes, and that privatization of state-owned enterprises and deregulation were essential to success. Recent backsliding, such as the reversal of economic and democratic reforms in Russia and Hungary, has cast a shadow over the legacy of the transition a quarter century ago, however.
Putin's Russia
Author: Anna Politkovskaya
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2005-12-27
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0805079300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis devastating appraisal is a searing portrait of a country in disarray and of the man at its helm, from "the bravest of Russian journalists" ("The New York Times").
Uncovering Russia
Author:
Publisher: 35725340532
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780972970808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of analyses and opinions by some of the leading columnists of the newspaper, The Russia journal, regarding Russian society, its government, economy, and relations with the rest of the world.
Russian Conservatism and Its Critics
Author: Baird Professor of History Richard Pipes
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0300112882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy have Russians chosen unlimited autocracy throughout their history? Why is democracy unable to flourish in Russia?
The Road to Unfreedom
Author: Timothy Snyder
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2019-04-09
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0525574476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America. “A brilliant analysis of our time.”—Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy seemed final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced. Authoritarianism returned to Russia, as Vladimir Putin found fascist ideas that could be used to justify rule by the wealthy. In the 2010s, it has spread from east to west, aided by Russian warfare in Ukraine and cyberwar in Europe and the United States. Russia found allies among nationalists, oligarchs, and radicals everywhere, and its drive to dissolve Western institutions, states, and values found resonance within the West itself. The rise of populism, the British vote against the EU, and the election of Donald Trump were all Russian goals, but their achievement reveals the vulnerability of Western societies. In this forceful and unsparing work of contemporary history, based on vast research as well as personal reporting, Snyder goes beyond the headlines to expose the true nature of the threat to democracy and law. To understand the challenge is to see, and perhaps renew, the fundamental political virtues offered by tradition and demanded by the future. By revealing the stark choices before us--between equality or oligarchy, individuality or totality, truth and falsehood--Snyder restores our understanding of the basis of our way of life, offering a way forward in a time of terrible uncertainty.
