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Russia since 1980 : wrestling with westernization / Steven Rosefielde, Stefan Hedlund.

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From the Publisher: Russia since 1980 recounts the epochal political, economic, and social changes that destroyed the Soviet Union, ushering in a perplexing new order. Two decades after Mikhail Gorbachev initiated his regime-wrecking radical reforms, Russia has reemerged as a superpower. It has surv...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Rosefielde, Steven
Other Authors: Hedlund, Stefan, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:World since 1980.
Subjects:
Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991-
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1985-1991.
Russia (Federation) > Economic conditions > 1991-
Soviet Union > Economic conditions > 1985-1991.
Russia (Federation) > Social conditions > 1991-
Soviet Union > Social conditions > 1970-1991.
Economic history.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union.
Table of Contents:
  • Muscovy and the West
  • Reform communism
  • Pandora's box
  • Blindman's bluff
  • Squalid superpower
  • Demolition and systems building
  • Crisis management
  • Authoritarian reconsolidation
  • Heritage of neglect
  • Semblance of democracy
  • Social change and adaptation
  • International relations
  • Sustainable growth
  • Russia in the Chinese looking glass.

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