Ruling Russia : : Authoritarianism from the Revolution to Putin /

Ruling Russia : : Authoritarianism from the Revolution to Putin / / William Zimmerman.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. Yet today’s Russia appears to be retreating from democracy, not progressing toward it. Ruling Russia is the only book of its kind to trace the history of modern Russian politic...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
VerfasserIn:
Zimmerman, William,
MitwirkendeR:
Zimmerman, William,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.) :; 3 line illus. 12 tables. 1 map.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. From Democratic Centralism to Democratic Centralism
  • CHAPTER 2. Alternative Mobilization Strategies, 1917–1934
  • CHAPTER 3. From Narrow Selectorate to Autocracy
  • CHAPTER 4. The Great Purge
  • CHAPTER 5. From Totalitarianism to Welfare Authoritarianism
  • CHAPTER 6. Uncertainty and “Democratization”
  • CHAPTER 7. Democratizing Russia, 1991–1997
  • CHAPTER 8. The Demise of Schumpeterian Democracy, the Return to Certainty, and Normal (“Full”) Authoritarianism, 1998–2008
  • CHAPTER 9. The Return of Uncertainty?
  • CHAPTER 10. The Past and Future of Russian Authoritarianism
  • Afterword to the Paperback Edition
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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