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Post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s saw a surge in civic participation. The traditional power structure officially relinquished control of political rhetoric and a nascent civil society had begun to emerge. Free elections and political partisanship between reformist and conservative elements of Russian society, spurred on by Russia's economic troubles, gave a ""Wild West"" tenor to public rhetoric that was reflected in the election campaigns of 1993, 1995, and 1996. In this volume, the authors examine, through a series of contemporaneously written essays, the arc of government rhetoric during the height of media freedom, the quest for a new national identity, and the struggle for self-government.

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Author:   David Cratis Williams ,  Marilyn J. Young ,  Michael K. Launer
Publisher:   Academic Studies Press
Imprint:   Academic Studies Press
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9781644696507

ISBN 10:   1644696509
Pages:   470
Publication Date:   02 June 2022
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Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

List of Photos Acknowledgements Contributors Note to Readers Alexander Yuriev Alexander Yuriev Dedication: Alexander Ivanovich Yuriev (1942–2020) Alexander Yuriev Preface Marilyn Young at a Political Communication Conference Introduction to Volume Two Yeltsin and Gorbachev Part One: Framework for Understanding the Immediate Post-Soviet Political Environment: Ecological Depredation, Economic Challenges, the Press, and National Identity Yeltsin Standing on a Tank 1991 A New Day for the Soviet Environment The Former Soviet Union Leaves Environmental Legacy of Shame Review of Environmental Management in the Soviet Union by Philip R. Pryde Russian Scientists Struggle to Survive Review of The Russian Press from Brezhnev to Yeltsin: Behind the Paper Curtain by John Murray Argumentation, Globalization, and the New Nationalism: Implications and New Directions Part Two: Politics and Political Argumentation during the Yeltsin Years Democratization and Cultures of Communication: The Mission of the International Center for the Advancement of Political Communication and Argumentation The Role of Public Argument in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of the December 12, 1993, Elections in the Russian Federation Analysis of Political Argumentation and Party Campaigning Prior to the 1993 and 1995 State Duma Elections: Lessons Learned and Not Learned Argument and Political Party Formulations: A Continuing Case Study of Democratization in the Russian Federation Russian Electoral Politics and the Search for National Identity Yeltsin Campaign Photograph Runoff Election Sample Ballot Choose or Lose: Campaign Button Choose or Lose: T-shirt Front Choose or Lose: T-shirt Back Choose or Lose: Globe and Barbed Wire Choose or Lose: Jeans Jacket and Prison Garb Frameworks for Russian Identity: Arguing the Past, Defining the Future Historical Metaphor and the Search for National Identity in Russia Russia’s First Elected President Buries Its Last Czar: Reclaiming Cultural Memory in the Search for National Identity Part Three: Yeltsin’s Multiple Political Profiles (The Three Faces of Boris) Yeltsin as an Autocrat: The “Constitutional Crisis of 1993” as the Beginning of the End of Russian Democracy Shelling of the White House Shelling of the White House Shelling of the White House Yeltsin as a Democrat: A Lexical Content Analysis of his Presidential Addresses to the Federal Assembly 1994–1999 Yeltsin as a Man of the People: A Case Study of His Campaign Rhetoric during the 1996 Russian Presidential Election Yeltsin on the Campaign Trail Part Four: Looking Backward, Looking Forward Ten Years of Frustration: Transitional Rhetoric and Democratization in the Russian Federation The Fear of Politics and the Politics of Fear in Russia—Images in the US Media Echoes of Berlin 1989: Post-Soviet Discourse and the Rhetoric of National Unity Foreign Policy Challenges and The Historical “Anchors” of Russian Federation Foreign Policy after September 11, 2001 Alexei Salmin Instant Democracy: Rhetorical Crises and the Russian Federation, 1991–2007 Yeltsin and Putin in the President’s Office Afterword Index  Bibliography

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David Cratis Williamsis Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Florida Atlantic University. His scholarship focuses on argumentation, rhetorical theory, and criticism; he is a recognized authority on Kenneth Burke. His work on Russian political discourse began during a meeting in Russia in January 1992. Marilyn J. Youngis the Wayne C. Minnick Professor of Communication Emerita at Florida State University. Her research has focused on political argument with an emphasis on the development of political rhetoric and argument in the former Soviet Union, particularly Russia. She remains an active scholar in retirement. Michael K. Launeris Professor Emeritus of Russian at Florida State University. In 1987 he interpreted for the first group of Soviet scientists visiting the US following Chernobyl. A State Department certified technical interpreter, he supported Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy assistance programs through 2012.

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