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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Vladimir Gel'manPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780822963684ISBN 10: 082296368 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 30 May 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book is a very useful contribution to the debate on 'what went wrong' in Russia. Gel'man has a coherent, theoretically informed, and empirically grounded take on the issue, one which is quite distinct from the prevailing literature. The argument is authoritative, well informed, and convincing. --Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University From: Six must read books on Russia from the last 25 years In my opinion, [ Authoritarian Russia ] best explains the political backdrop in Russia today. . . . [Gel'man] looks at the actions taken by Mikhail Gorbachev, which led to the Yeltsin regime and, in turn, the actions taken by Yeltsin that inevitably led to the Putin regime. He then identifies actions and changes made by Putin aimed at extending his position of power at least through another term. He looks at how the trappings of democratic institutions (such as elections and a legislature) have been used, especially by Yeltsin, to create the system of power the country has today. The book is also one of the very few which leaves emotion and bias out of the analysis, and looks pragmatically at what may happen next and what factors, over what period, may lead to changes. Johnson's Russia List This book is a very useful contribution to the debate on what went wrong in Russia. Gel man has a coherent, theoretically informed, and empirically grounded take on the issue, one which is quite distinct from the prevailing literature. The argument is authoritative, well informed, and convincing. Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University Author InformationVladimir Gel'man is professor of political science at the European University at St. Petersburg, Russia, and Finland Distinguished Professor at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books in Russian and English, including Resource Curse and Post-Soviet Eurasia: Oil, Gas, and Modernization and The Politics of Sub-National Authoritarianism in Russia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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