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Author: Lilii︠a︡ Shevt︠s︡ova Publisher: Carnegie Endowment ISBN: 0870032364 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 423
Book Description
Russian history is first and foremost a history of personalized power. As Russia startles the international community with its assertiveness and faces both parliamentary and presidential elections, Lilia Shevtsova searches the histories of the Yeltsin and Putin regimes. She explores within them conventional truths and myths about Russia, paradoxes of Russian political development, and Russia's role in the world. Russia--Lost in Transition discovers a logic of government in Russia--a political regime and the type of capitalism that were formulated during the Yeltsin and Putin presidencies and will continue to dominate Russia's trajectory in the near term. Looking forward as well as back, Shevtsova speculates about the upcoming elections as well as the self-perpetuating system in place--the legacies of Yeltsin and Putin--and how it will dictate the immediate political future. She also explores several scenarios for Russia's future over the next decade.
Author: Lilii︠a︡ Shevt︠s︡ova Publisher: Carnegie Endowment ISBN: 0870032364 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 423
Book Description
Russian history is first and foremost a history of personalized power. As Russia startles the international community with its assertiveness and faces both parliamentary and presidential elections, Lilia Shevtsova searches the histories of the Yeltsin and Putin regimes. She explores within them conventional truths and myths about Russia, paradoxes of Russian political development, and Russia's role in the world. Russia--Lost in Transition discovers a logic of government in Russia--a political regime and the type of capitalism that were formulated during the Yeltsin and Putin presidencies and will continue to dominate Russia's trajectory in the near term. Looking forward as well as back, Shevtsova speculates about the upcoming elections as well as the self-perpetuating system in place--the legacies of Yeltsin and Putin--and how it will dictate the immediate political future. She also explores several scenarios for Russia's future over the next decade.
Author: Frank Columbus Publisher: Nova Publishers ISBN: 9781590337608 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 164
Book Description
Historically, the United States and Russia have had an enigmatic relationship, and the decade since the end of the Cold War has not completely cleared the ambiguity between the two nations. Russia itself faces several problem areas in its ongoing transition from communism and the old Soviet government to democratic society. Among Russia's quandaries are the war with Chechnyan separatists, organised crime, government corruption, arms control, the emergence of free markets, and international relations with NATO and the UN. The start of the American-led war on terrorism has brought Russia even more into focus as a key ally in opposing insurgency and militants. This book studies the wide array of dilemmas facing Russia both domestically and internationally.
Author: Archie Brown Publisher: Carnegie Endowment ISBN: 087003328X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 175
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This volume analyzes various aspects of the political leadership during the collapse of the Soviet Union and formation of a new Russia. Comparing the rule of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin, the book reflects upon their goals, governing style, and sources of influence—as well as factors that influenced their activities and complicated them too. Contents Introduction Archie Brown Transformational Leaders Compared: Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin Archie Brown Evaluating Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders George W. Breslauer From Yeltsin to Putin: The Evolution of Presidential Power Lilia Shevtsova Political Leadership and the Center-Periphery Struggle: Putin's Administrative Reforms Eugene Huskey Conclusion Lilia Shevtsova
Author: Alexander Kura Publisher: Nova Publishers ISBN: 9781590330227 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 182
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This book discusses and dissects the strategies of international institutions and donors to assist it in its economic and political transition to a market economy. Considerable detail is provided on the activities of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Bank for Reconstruction, the World Bank, and the European Union in Russia. The book is based on a GAO Report that has been excerpted and augmented by explanatory commentary. A full subject index is provided.
Author: Samir Amin Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 1583676031 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 142
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Out of early twentieth-century Russia came the world’s first significant effort to build a modern revolutionary society. According to Marxist economist Samir Amin, the great upheaval that once produced the Soviet Union has also produced a movement away from capitalism – a long transition that continues even today. In seven concise, provocative chapters, Amin deftly examines the trajectory of Russian capitalism, the Bolshevik Revolution, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the possible future of Russia – and, by extension, the future of socialism itself. Amin manages to combine an analysis of class struggle with geopolitics – each crucial to understanding Russia’s singular and complex political history. He first looks at the development (or lack thereof) of Russian capitalism. He sees Russia’s geopolitical isolation as the reason its capitalist empire developed so differently from Western Europe, and the reason for Russia’s perceived “backwardness.” Yet Russia’s unique capitalism proved to be the rich soil in which the Bolsheviks were able to take power, and Amin covers the rise and fall of the revolutionary Soviet system. Finally, in a powerful chapter on Ukraine and the rise of global fascism, Amin lays out the conditions necessary for Russia to recreate itself, and perhaps again move down the long road to socialism. Samir Amin’s great achievement in this book is not only to explain Russia’s historical tragedies and triumphs, but also to temper our hopes for a quick end to an increasingly insufferable capitalism. This book offers a cornucopia of food for thought, as well as an enlightening means to transcend reductionist arguments about “revolution” so common on the left. Samir Amin’s book – and the actions that could spring from it – are more necessary than ever, if the world is to avoid the barbarism toward which capitalism is hurling humanity.
Author: David Lane Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317889673 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 256
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An accessible book covering the momentous changes that have occurred, and are still occurring, since the fall of the USSR in 1989. Contributions from an impressive collection of authors are drawn from the most recent and original research available and address political and social issues which impact on all levels of Russian society. The book consists of a selection of specially commissioned pieces which have evolved from the conference of the same name, held at Cambridge University in December 1994.
Author: Elisha M. Friedman Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1351618628 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 651
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B. Capital Requirements -- C. Machinery -- D. Labor -- E. Management -- 1. The Organization Of Industry -- 2. Lack Of Experience -- 3. Lack Of Engineers -- 4. Training Of Russian Engineers -- 5. Attitude Toward Bourgeois Engineers -- a. Conciliation of Bourgeois Engineers -- b. Reasons for Reversal of Attitude -- c. Results of the New Policy -- 6. Penalties vs. Initiative -- 7. Foreign Technical AID -- a. Benefits -- b. Difficulties -- c. Remedies Proposed -- d. Suspension -- F. Foreign Contracts -- 1. American Corporation Contracts -- 2. Magnitogorsk Steel Plant -- 3. Foreign Concessions -- 4. Contracts With Individuals -- 5. Comments And Recommendations Of Foreign Engineers -- G. Scientific Management Or Rationalization -- 1. Methods -- 2. Establishment Of Wage Rates -- a. Piece Work and Bonuses -- b. Errors in Rate Making -- 3. Trade-Union Attitude -- 4. The Five-Day Week -- a. Theory -- b. Practice -- c. Stalin's Views -- d. Abandonment of the Five-Day Week -- 5. Automatic Devices -- 6. Lack Of An Efficient Spirit -- 7. Poor Planning And Inadequate Routing -- 8. Typical Situations -- a. Stalingrad Tractor Plant -- b. Magnitogorsk Steel Plant -- c. Rostov Agricultural Machinery Plant -- d. Nizhni Novgorod Automobile Plant -- e. Electric Power Plants -- f. The "Giant Plants" Don't Work! -- 9. Remedies -- a. Reduce Investigations -- b. "Towing" by "Shock Brigades" -- c. Management by Government Fiat -- d. Restoration of Small Industry -- e. Recommendations of American Engineers -- H. High Cost Of Production -- 1. Breakdown Of Machinery -- I. Quality Of Production -- 1. The Facts -- 2. Causes Of Poor Quality -- 3. Results -- 4. Remedies -- J. Accounting System -- 1. Income Accounts -- 2. Distribution Of Industrial Profits -- K. Capitalistic Aspects -- L. Remedies -- 1. Decentralization -- 2. Highly Paid Executives -- 3. Foreign AID.
Author: Lawrence R. Klein Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 0804741654 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 478
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This work delivers the unpopular message that the West has played a pivotal role in the Russian economic disaster of the 1990s. The 26 contributions to this book examine this topic which is divided into three parts: theory, evidence, and policy.
Author: Michael McFaul Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 9780801439001 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 408
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For centuries, dictators ruled Russia. Tsars and Communist Party chiefs were in charge for so long some analysts claimed Russians had a cultural predisposition for authoritarian leaders. Yet, as a result of reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev, new political institutions have emerged that now require election of political leaders and rule by constitutional procedures. Michael McFaul—described by the New York Times as "one of the leading Russia experts in the United States"—traces Russia's tumultuous political history from Gorbachev's rise to power in 1985 through the 1999 resignation of Boris Yeltsin in favor of Vladimir Putin. McFaul divides his account of the post-Soviet country into three periods: the Gorbachev era (1985-1991), the First Russian Republic (1991–1993), and the Second Russian Republic (1993–present). The first two were, he believes, failures—failed institutional emergence or failed transitions to democracy. By contrast, new democratic institutions did emerge in the third era, though not the institutions of a liberal democracy. McFaul contends that any explanation for Russia's successes in shifting to democracy must also account for its failures. The Russian/Soviet case, he says, reveals the importance of forging social pacts; the efforts of Russian elites to form alliances failed, leading to two violent confrontations and a protracted transition from communism to democracy. McFaul spent a great deal of time in Moscow in the 1990s and witnessed firsthand many of the events he describes. This experience, combined with frequent visits since and unparalleled access to senior Russian policymakers and politicians, has resulted in an astonishingly well-informed account. Russia's Unfinished Revolution is a comprehensive history of Russia during this crucial period.
Author: Lilii︠a︡ Shevt︠s︡ova
Author: Lilii︠a︡ Shevt︠s︡ova
Author: Frank Columbus
Author: Archie Brown
Author: Alexander Kura
Author: Samir Amin
Author: David Lane
Author: Elisha M. Friedman
Author: Lawrence R. Klein
Author: Frank H. Columbus
Author: Michael McFaul