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Boris Yeltsin and Russia′s Democratic Transformation: Boris Yeltsin and Russia’s Democratic Transformation

Autor Herbert J. Ellison
en Limba Engleză Hardback – oct 2006
Boris Yeltsin is one of modern history's most dynamic and underappreciated figures. In this vivid, analytical masterwork, Herbert J. Ellison establishes Yeltsin as the principal leader and defender of Russia's democratic revolution - the very embodiment of Russia's fragile new liberties, including the evolving respect for the rule of law and private property as well as core freedoms of speech, religion, press, and political association.In 1987 President Mikhail Gorbachev expelled Boris Yeltsin from his team of reform politicians, but Yeltsin rebounded from this potentially devastating setback to become the leader of the Russian democratic movement. He created a new office of Russian president, to which he was elected; designed a democratic constitution for the Soviet Union that precipitated a coup attempt by traditionalist communist leaders; granted independence to the nations of the Soviet Union; and replaced Communist Party rule with democracy and the socialist economy with a market economy. In a short period, he had succeeded in becoming the first popularly elected leader in a thousand years of Russian history. He had blocked violent attempts at counter-revolution and overcome powerful resistance to his reform program. His achievements rank among the most extraordinary feats of political leadership in the twentieth century.Herbert J. Ellison has devoted his career to observing and recording Russian and Soviet political life. His foreign analyses are informed by his many visits to universities and policy institutes in Russia and the other former Soviet states. He has visited the successor states of the Soviet Union and met with senior figures in the Gorbachev and Yeltsin governments.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780295986371
ISBN-10: 0295986379
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 20 illustrations in colour
Dimensiuni: 160 x 233 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: MV – University of Washington Press
Seria Boris Yeltsin and Russia’s Democratic Transformation

Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction / Boris Yeltsin, Russian Liberator

1. Refore or Revolution? Yeltsin and Gorbachev, 1987-1991
--From Colleagues to Rivals
--Yeltsin Builds an Opposition Program and Russian Base
--Challenging the Center
--Counterrevolution and Democratic Revolution
--Replacing the Union
--Epilogue

2. The Politics of Reform, 1991-1999
--Facing Communist Opposition
--Conflicts over Policy and Consitutional Structure
--Blocking Constitutional Reform
--Reform and Rebellion
--The New Constitutional Order
--Parliamentary and Presidential Elections
--The Final Phase of Yeltsin's Leadership: Economic and Political Crisis
--Yeltsin Seeks a Successor

3. Building A New Economy
--The Legacy of Gorbachev's Economic Reforms
--The Politics and Economics of the Yeltsin Reforms
--The Long Struggle for Agricultural Reform
--Yeltsin's Achievement in Economic Reform

4. The New Russia and the World
--Russia and the West
--Russia and East Asia
--Russia and the Other Former Soviet Republics
--An Overview of Russian Foreign Policy under Yeltsin

The Yeltsin Legacy

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index


Recenzii

“Ellison’s account is, in effect, a defense of Boris Yeltsin’s place in Russian history. In this, his book differs from many treatments of the period that concentrate on shortcomings in Yeltsin’s administration to the exclusion, or near exclusion, of his achievements. While a great deal has been written about this period, Ellison has no rival when it comes to a presentation that is both comprehensive and concise.” Jack Matlock, Jr., former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union“Much has been written about Yeltsin, but rarely has it been as balanced and insightful as this book. It is a much-needed, well-deserved corrective to conventional wisdom that overlooks or sells short Yeltsin’s basically positive role both inside Russia and on the international stage.” Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institute &former US Deputy Secretary of State

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In this vivid, analytical masterwork, Ellison establishes Yeltsin as the principal leader and defender of Russia’s democratic revolution