Russia After Communism

by Aslund, Anders; Olcott, Martha Brill

• ISBN13: 9780870031519
• ISBN10: 0870031511
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for Intl Peace

Summary

Five years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and a new political and economic system has evolved in Russia. Russia After Communism provides an overall assessment of what has been accomplished and what has failed to date, and where Russia is heading. In a unique collaborative effort, the book features chapters on major issues written by pairs of leading Russian and American scholars.Michael McFaul and Nikolai Petrov analyze the Russian elections since 1989 and assess voting behavior. Scott Bruckner and Lilia Shevtsova address the question of whether Russia has become a stable pluralist society. Martha Brill Olcott and Valery Tishkov focus on the nature of the Russian nation as well as regional relations. Russia has become a market economy, but what kind of capitalism is being formed? Anders Åslund and Mikhail Dmitriev examine the continuing challenge of economic reform. Sherman Garnett and Dmitri Trenin analyze Russia's relations with its nearest neighbor. Stephen Sestanovich examines Russia's place in the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Acknowledgments	vii
Chronology of Key Events, 1985--1998	ix
Introduction	xv
Russia Transformed	1	(26)
Lilia Shevtsova
Martha Brill Olcott
The Changing Function of Elections in Russian Politics	27	(34)
Michael McFaul
Nikolai Petrov
From Ethnos to Demos: the Quest for Russia's Identity	61	(30)
Valery Tishkov
Martha Brill Olcott
Economic Reform Versus Rent Seeking	91	(40)
Anders Aslund
Mikhail Dmitriev
Russia and its Nearest Neighbors	131	(32)
Sherman W. Garnett
Dmitri Trenin
About the Editors and Authors	163	(2)
About the Carnegie Endowment	165