The New Russia: Troubled Transformation - Softcover

Lapidus, Gail W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813320771 ISBN 13: 9780813320779

Publisher: Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

In this book, distinguished U.S. and Russian scholars analyze the great challenges confronting post-Communist Russia and examine the Yeltsin government's attempts to deal with them. Focusing on problems of state- and nation-building, economic reform, demilitarization, and the definition of Russia's national interests in its relations with the outside world, the authors trace the complex interplay between the communist legacy and efforts to chart new directions in both domestic and foreign policy in the years ahead. In this book, distinguished U.S. and Russian scholars analyze the great challenges confronting post-Communist Russia and examine the Yeltsin government's attempts to deal with them. Focusing on problems of state- and nation-building, economic reform, demilitarization, and the definition of Russia's national interests in its relations with the outside world, the authors trace the complex interplay between the communist legacy and efforts to chart new directions in both domestic and foreign policy. They give special attention to the defeat of liberal reformers in the latest parliamentary elections and to the implications of that shift for Russia's domestic and foreign policy in the years ahead.

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About the Author

Gail W. Lapidus is senior fellow at the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813320771
• ISBN 13: 9780813320779
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280