Boris Yeltsin and Russias Democratic Transformation

Informationen zum Autor Herbert J. Ellison Klappentext Herbert J. Ellison is professor emeritus of history and international studies at the University of Washington, where he continues to teach. He has served as director of the University's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and was formerly director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies in Washington, D.C. He is the author or coauthor of five books on Russian history and foreign policy. Zusammenfassung Establishes Yeltsin as the principal leader and defender of Russia's democratic revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...

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• Authors: Herbert J Ellison, Herbert J. Ellison
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2006
• EAN: 9780295986371
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98637-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Jackson School Publications in; Jackson School Publications in; Boris Yeltsin and Russia’s Democratic Transformation; Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Democratic Transformation
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education