The Agony of the Russian Idea

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Boris Yeltsin's attempts at democratic reform have plunged a long troubled Russia even further into turmoil. This dramatic break with the Soviet past has left Russia politically fragmented and riddled with corruption, its people with little hope for the future. In a fascinating account for anyo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McDaniel, Tim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Public opinion.
Post-communism.
Political culture.
Communism.
Civilization > Public opinion.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Opinion publique > Russie.
Communisme > URSS.
Postcommunisme > Russie.
Public opinion > Russia (Federation)
Communism > Soviet Union.
Political culture > Russia (Federation) > History.
Post-communism > Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)
URSS > Conditions sociales.
Russia (Federation) > Civilization > Public opinion.
Soviet Union > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic resource.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Boris Yeltsin's attempts at democratic reform have plunged a long troubled Russia even further into turmoil. This dramatic break with the Soviet past has left Russia politically fragmented and riddled with corruption, its people with little hope for the future. In a fascinating account for anyone interested in Russia's current political struggles, Tim McDaniel explores the inability of all its leaders over the last two centuries--tsars and Communist rulers alike--to create the foundations of a viable modern society. The problem then and now, he argues, is rooted in a cultural trap endemic to R.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (212 pages).
ISBN:9781400822157

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