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The rebirth of politics in Russia /

Blending first hand accounts of grassroots politics with an original theory of social relations under communism, this 1997 book seeks to explain one of the seminal events of this century: the rebirth of politics in Russia amid the collapse of the USSR. The authors trace the process from the pre-poli...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Urban, Michael E., 1947-
Other Authors: Igrunov, V., Mitrokhin, S. S. (Sergeĭ S.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Pre-political context. Politics and communism: figure and ground. Regime and opposition in the pre-political period
  • pt. II. Perestroika and the return of political life. Perestroika: renewal, transition or transformation? Glasnost, mass media and the emergence of political society. Informal movement: politics on the margins of the Soviet order. National elections and mass politics
  • pt. III. Politics and revolution. Politics of opposition. 1990 elections and the politics of national liberation. Parties in movement: the articulation of Russian political society at the close of the Soviet period. Restoration and revolution
  • pt. IV. Ground up: politics in post-communist Russia.