Herbert J. Ellison

Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Democratic Transformation (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Boris Yeltsin is one of modern history's most dynamic and underappreciated figures. In this vivid, analytical masterwork, Herbert J. Ellison establishes Yeltsin as the principal leader and defender of Russia's democratic revolution - the very embodiment of Russia's fragile new liberties, including the evolving respect for the rule of law and private property as well as core freedoms of speech, religion, press, and political association.

In 1987 President Mikhail Gorbachev expelled Boris Yeltsin from his team of reform politicians, but Yeltsin rebounded from this potentially devastating setback to become the leader of the Russian democratic movement. He created a new office of Russian president, to which he was elected; designed a democratic constitution for the Soviet Union that precipitated a coup attempt by traditionalist communist leaders; granted independence to the nations of the Soviet Union; and replaced Communist Party rule with democracy and the socialist economy with a market economy. In a short period, he had succeeded in becoming the first popularly elected leader in a thousand years of Russian history. He had blocked violent attempts at counter-revolution and overcome powerful resistance to his reform program. His achievements rank among the most extraordinary feats of political leadership in the twentieth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780295801308
• Artikelnr.: 49045997

Autorenporträt

Herbert J. Ellison is professor emeritus of history and international studies at the University of Washington, where he continues to teach. He has served as director of the University's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and was formerly director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies in Washington, D.C. He is the author or coauthor of five books on Russian history and foreign policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction / Boris Yeltsin, Russian Liberator 1. Refore or Revolution? Yeltsin and Gorbachev, 1987
1991
From Colleagues to Rivals
Yeltsin Builds an Opposition Program and Russian Base
Challenging the Center
Counterrevolution and Democratic Revolution
Replacing the Union
Epilogue 2. The Politics of Reform, 1991
1999
Facing Communist Opposition
Conflicts over Policy and Consitutional Structure
Blocking Constitutional Reform
Reform and Rebellion
The New Constitutional Order
Parliamentary and Presidential Elections
The Final Phase of Yeltsin's Leadership: Economic and Political Crisis
Yeltsin Seeks a Successor 3. Building A New Economy
The Legacy of Gorbachev's Economic Reforms
The Politics and Economics of the Yeltsin Reforms
The Long Struggle for Agricultural Reform
Yeltsin's Achievement in Economic Reform 4. The New Russia and the World
Russia and the West
Russia and East Asia
Russia and the Other Former Soviet Republics
An Overview of Russian Foreign Policy under Yeltsin The Yeltsin Legacy Notes Selected Bibliography Index