Jonathan R. Adelman

Torrents of Spring: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text provides an overview of current developments, a brief historical study of post-Tsarist Russia, an examination of modern Soviet politics and political change, and an analysis of the prospects for a future of democracy, capitalism and nation-building in the former Soviet Union.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: August 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 164mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780070003590
• ISBN-10: 0070003599
• Artikelnr.: 22496630

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS. 1. Introduction. 2. FSU: The
Physical Realities. 3. FSU: The Social and Demographic Realities. 4. The
Legacy of the Old Order: Ideology and Organization. 5. The Legacy of the
Old Order: Planned Economy. 6. Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics: A
Comparative Perspective. PART TWO: SOVIET HISTORY FROM LENIN TO BREZHNEV.
7. The Legacy of Tsarist Russia. 8. Revolution and Civil War. 9. The
Tranquil Interlude of the 1920s. 10. Stalinist Transformation of the 1930s.
11. World War II and the Final Years of Stalin (1945-1953). 12. Khrushchev
Era. 13. Brezhnev Years. PART THREE: THE CURRENT TIME OF TROUBLES. 14. The
Interregnum (1983-1985). 15. The Gorbachev Era. 16. Emerging Nation States:
Slavic Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. 17. Emerging Nation States: Transcaucasus.
18. Emerging Nation States: Kazakhstan and Central Asia. 19. Emerging
Nation States: Moldova and Baltics. PART FOUR: FUTURE PROSPECTS. 20. The
Future of Democracy. 21. The Road to Capitalism and Free Market Economy.
22. The Perils of Nation Building. 23. Epilogue