Michael Kraus, Ron Liebowitz

Russia And Eastern Europe After Communism (eBook, PDF)

The Search For New Political, Economic, And Security Systems

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the key challenges confronting Russia and Eastern Europe and considers national identity issues facing the post-communist societies. It examines the prospects for thriving civil society and for the region's integration into European and global economic and security institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000238679
• Artikelnr.: 56941609

Autorenporträt

Michael Kraus is Professor of Political Science and Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College. A native of Prague, he received his Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University. Dr. Kraus is co-editor of Perestroika and East-West Economic Relations: Prospects for the 1990s, and the author of articles on Soviet, Russian, and Eastern European politics. He has received grants from the National Council for Soviet and East European Research, the Ford Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the International Research and Exchanges Board. In addition, he has been a resident scholar at Harvard, Columbia, and George Washington Universities. Currently, he is conducting research on the politics of the Czech-Slovak split. Ronald D. Liebowitz is Vice President of Middlebury College and Professor of Geography and Russian and East European Studies. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. Dr. Liebowitz is editor of Gorbachev's "New Thinking": Prospects for Joint Economic Ventures and co-editor of Perestroika and East-West Economic Relations: Prospects for the 1990s. He is also the author of articles on Soviet regional investment and topics in political geography. Dr. Liebowitz has received support for his research from the National Council for Soviet and East European Research, the Kennan Institute, and the International Research and Exchanges Board. His current research focuses on center-periphery relations in Russia and the Soviet successor states.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Post
Soviet Constitutionalism: Politics and Constitution
Making in Russia and Ukraine
Endangered Citizenship
Prospects for Democracy in Russia
External Transformation in the Post
Communist Economies: Overview and Progress
It's Déjà Vu All Over Again: Russia's Economic Reforms in the 1920s and 1990s
Reforming Agriculture in Russia: The "Cursed Question" from Stolypin to Yeltsin
Shock Therapy and After: Prospects for Russian Reform
Is Russia's Inflation Inevitable? Macroeconomic Policy in the Transition Period
Russia's Center
Periphery Fiscal Relations During Transition
The Soft State and the Emergence of Russian Regional Politics
"Internal Enemies, External Enemies": Elites, Identity, and the Tragedy of Post
Soviet Georgia
Returning to Europe, Separately: International Factors in Czechoslovakia's Dissolution, 1989
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Political Culture in Transition: Germany and the Return of the Communists
Sovereignty, Self
Determination, and Stability in the Contemporary Interstate System
Russia and the West: From Cold War to Cold Peace
Courting the Generals: The Impact of Russia's Constitutional Crisis on Yeltsin's Foreign Policy
The Price of a Bleacher Seat: Eastern Europe's Entry into the World Political Economy