This introductory text, written by an established authority on communist and post-communist politics, describes how Vladimir Putin has turned to those with backgrounds in the military and security structures to provide stability in today's Russian Federation, following the democratising reforms of Gorbachev and the ensuing instability of the Yeltsin presidency. Against the background of an increasing authoritarianism, which has restored features of the Soviet political system, it examines the attempts by social and economic groups to assert themselves against the state using embryonic democratic forms that fall far short of pluralism. The book's fourteen chapters offer an exceptionally broad coverage. It will appeal to first- and second-year students in higher education, but its deliberately accessible style will also make it attractive to sixth-form students and the general reader.
- ISBN10 0719064147
- ISBN13 9780719064142
- Publish Date 24 March 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English