Democracy versus modernization : a dilemma for Russia and for the world /
This book seeks to ""re-think democracy."" Over the past years, there has been a tendency in the global policy community and, even more widely, in the world's media, to focus on democracy as the ""gold standard"" by which all things political are measured...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
Routledge,
2012, ©2012.
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Colección: | BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ;
81. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book seeks to ""re-think democracy."" Over the past years, there has been a tendency in the global policy community and, even more widely, in the world's media, to focus on democracy as the ""gold standard"" by which all things political are measured.? This book re-examines democracy in Russia and in the world more generally, as idea, desired ideal, and practice. A major issue for Russia is?whether the modernization of Russia might not prosper better by Russia focusing directly on modernization and not worrying too much about democracy. This book explores a wide range of aspects of thi |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780203108963 0203108965 9781136267819 1136267816 |