Yeltsin's Russia: Myths and Reality

by Lilia Shevtsova

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In this comprehensive assessment of what has happened in Russia since 1991--what has been accomplished and what so far has failed--the author argues that the new situation in Russia cannot be defined simply in terms of either authoritarianism or liberal democracy. The reality is more complicated --a heterogeneous patchwork of despotism, liberalism, populism, paternalism, and democracy all coexisting. Russia's political life is marked by plurality of views and actors. Opposition movements are proliferating. On the economic front, Russia crossed the threshold to a market economy. Strides have been made in providing guarantees for individual liberties. Russians turn out to...

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  • ISBN10 0870030949
  • ISBN13 9780870030949
  • Publish Date 1 May 1999
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 23 February 2001
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Brookings Institution
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 346
  • Language English