Fish, M. Steven.
Democracy derailed in Russia the failure of open politics / [Book :] M. Steven Fish. - Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c2005. - xviii, 313 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-302) and index.
"In this book, M. Steven Fish offers an explanation for the direction of regime change in post-Soviet Russia. Relying on cross-national comparative analysis and in-depth field research in Russia, Fish shows that Russia's failure to democratize has three causes: too much economic reliance on oil, too little economic liberalization, and too weak a national legislature. Fish's explanation challenges others that have attributed Russia's political travails to history, political culture, or "shock therapy" in economic policy. Democracy Derailed in Russia offers a theoretically original and empirically rigorous explanation for one of the most pressing political problems of our time."--Book jacket.
All Ages.
0521853613 (hardback) 0521618967 (pbk.) 0521618967 (Paper)
2004029359
Democracy--Russia (Federation).
Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-
Russia (Federation)--Economic policy--1991-
JN6695
320.947 22 320.947
Democracy derailed in Russia the failure of open politics / [Book :] M. Steven Fish. - Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c2005. - xviii, 313 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge studies in comparative politics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-302) and index.
"In this book, M. Steven Fish offers an explanation for the direction of regime change in post-Soviet Russia. Relying on cross-national comparative analysis and in-depth field research in Russia, Fish shows that Russia's failure to democratize has three causes: too much economic reliance on oil, too little economic liberalization, and too weak a national legislature. Fish's explanation challenges others that have attributed Russia's political travails to history, political culture, or "shock therapy" in economic policy. Democracy Derailed in Russia offers a theoretically original and empirically rigorous explanation for one of the most pressing political problems of our time."--Book jacket.
All Ages.
0521853613 (hardback) 0521618967 (pbk.) 0521618967 (Paper)
2004029359
Democracy--Russia (Federation).
Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-
Russia (Federation)--Economic policy--1991-
JN6695
320.947 22 320.947