Democracy Derailed in Russia: The Failure of Open Politics (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)

Fish, M. Steven

ISBN 10: 0521618967 / ISBN 13: 9780521618960

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Democracy has not worked in Russia; Democracy Derailed in Russia explains why. Series Editor(s): Lange, Peter; Bates, Robert H.; Comisso, Ellen; Hall, Peter; Migdal, Joel S.; Milner, Helen V. Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 b/w illus. 42 tables. BIC Classification: JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464. . 2005. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Democracy Derailed in Russia: The Failure of Open Politics (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521618967
• ISBN 13: 9780521618960
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Although Russia experienced dramatic political breakthroughs in the late 1980s and early 1990s after shedding the shackles of Soviet rule, it subsequently failed to continue progressing toward democracy. M. Steven Fish offers an explanation for the direction of regime change in post-Soviet Russia, relying on cross-national comparative analysis as well as on in-depth field research in Russia. Fish demonstrates 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.

About the Author

M. Steven Fish is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2000–1 he was a Fulbright fellow and Visiting Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the European University at St Petersburg. He is the author of Democracy from Scratch: Opposition and Regime in the New Russian Revolution (1995) and a co-author of Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy (2001). He has published articles in Comparative Political Studies, East European Constitutional Review, East European Politics and Societies, Europe-Asia Studies, the Journal of Democracy, Post-Soviet Affairs, Slavic Review, World Politics and numerous edited volumes.