Boris Yeltsin and Russia's democratic transformation /
"Boris Yeltsin is one of modern history's most dynamic and underappreciated figures. 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 respe...
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
c2006.
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| Series: | Jackson School publications in international studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Boris Yeltsin, Russian liberator
- Reform 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
- The politics of reform, 1991-1999. Facing Communist opposition. Conflicts over policy and constitutional 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
- 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
- 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.