Russia's Unfinished Revolution : Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (400 pages)
Russia's Unfinished Revolution -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Revolutionary Transition from Communism to Democracy: A Model -- PART 1. THE GORBACHEV ERA, 1985-1991 -- 2. Gorbachev's Design for Reforming Soviet Political Institutions -- 3. The End of the Soviet Union -- PART 2. THE FIRST RUSSIAN REPUBLIC, 1991-1993 -- 4. Institutional Design in the First Russian Republic -- 5. The Failure of the First Russian Republic -- PART 3. THE EMERGENCE OF THE SECOND RUSSIAN REPUBLIC, 1993-1996 -- 6. Designing the Political Institutions of the Second Republic -- 7. Transitional Constitutionalism -- 8. Transitional Electoralism -- PART 4. THE FUTURE OF RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY -- 9. The Quality of Russian Democracy -- 10. The Stability of Partial Democracy -- Index.
Michael McFaul 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.
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Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, -- 1931-. Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, -- 1952-. Democracy -- Russia (Federation). Democracy -- Soviet Union. Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-. Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991. Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1991-.