Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
Overview"Russian democracy in the post-totalitarian era is intimately bound up with the fate of its representative institutions. In ""Russia's Road to Democracy"", Victor Sergeyev and Nikolai Biryukov assess why the Congress of People's Deputies, and the other newly elected institutions founded under perestroika, not ony failed to prevent, but also seemed to speed up and provoke, the disintegration of the Soviet Union. By studying the early history of the Congress, the book seeks insights on the prospects for democracy in Russia. Including substantial new source material, ""Russia's Road to Democracy"" presents an in-depth analysis with conclusions that contradict the hitherto prevailing theoretical assumptions." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Victor Sergeyev , Nikolai BiryukovPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Weight: 0.486kg ISBN: 9781852788513ISBN 10: 1852788518 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 January 1993 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction - parliamentary activity and political culture. Part 1 The Soviet Leviathan: the roots of bondage; the brilliance and poverty of Soviet power. Part 2 The USSR supreme rally: constitutional reform; Sobornost' versus parliamentarianism. Part 3 A new behemoth, or the not very long parliament - the crisis; the fiasco; conclusion - representative democracy and post-totalitarian evolution; post scriptum - The Candlelight Congress .Reviews'I am much impressed with Russia's Road to Democracy and expect it to be well received. It is the work of two young Russian political scientists as able and creative as any we have in the West. Their use of the idea of political culture seems to me to be of much value in the study, and the historical background in Part I, The Soviet Leviathan, is indispensable as well as highly readable. The whole book is a first in the political science literature on recent Russia.' -- Robert C. Tucker, Princeton University, US 'Parts I & II are the heart of this book's originality and brilliance. Historical analysis of aspects of Russian political culture, their reinforcement by aspects of Soviet political culture and the persuasive categorization of the levels of beliefs made for exciting, nourishing reading. The analysis of rhetoric at the First Congress of People's Deputies was equally exciting, both in the conception and execution. I will strongly recommend this book to my graduate students.' -- George W. Breslauer, University of California, Berkeley, US 'An interesting, original and... important contribution to the study of Russian parliamentary politics. Specialists will certainly want to read this book and it should be of interest to a more general readership in comparative politics and legislative studies in particular.' -- Stephen White, University of Glasgow, UK Author InformationVictor Sergeyev, Former Deputy Director, Centre for Analysis of Social, Economic, Scientific and Technological Development, Russian Academy of Science and Nikolai Biryukov, Assistant Professor, Moscow Institute for International Relations, Russia Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
