Democratic Changes and Authoritarian Reactions in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

by Edited by Karen Dawisha , Bruce Parrott

• ISBN13: 9780521597326
• ISBN10: 0521597323
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Edited by two of the world’s leading analysts of postcommunist politics, this book brings together distinguished specialists on the former communist countries of Russia and the Western Newly Independent States. Chapters on Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine, plus three chapters on Russia’s regional politics, its political parties, and the overall process of democratization, provide an in-depth analysis of the uneven pattern of political change in these four countries. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott contribute theoretical and comparative chapters on postcommunist political development across the region. This book will provide students and scholars with detailed analysis by leading authorities, plus the latest research data on recent political and economic developments in each country.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: perspectives on postcommunist democratization Bruce Parrott

2. Systemic change and political outcomes Karen Dawisha

Part I. The Russian Federation: 3. Democratization and the new political order in Russia Thomas F. Remington

4. Democratization and political participation in Russia's regions Jeffrey Hahn

5. Elections and the development of political parties in Russia Michael E. Urban and Vladimir Gel'man

Part II. Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine: 6. Belarus Kathleen Mihalisko

7. The politics of democratization in postcommunist Moldova William Crowther

8. Ukraine between proto-democracy and 'soft' authoritarianism Ilya Prizel.