Author: Peter Reddaway
Publisher: New York : American Heritage Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Uncensored Russia: Protest and Dissent in the Soviet Union
Author: Peter Reddaway
Publisher: New York : American Heritage Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher: New York : American Heritage Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Uncensored Russia
Author: Peter Reddaway
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Uncensored Russia
Author: Julius Telesi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissenters
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissenters
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Uncensored Russia
Author: Peter Reddaway
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Oversættelse af det uofficielle russiske nyhedsblad "A Chronicle of Current Events (Nos 1-11), produceret af en anonym kollektiv gruppe, som dokumenterer russiske brud på menneskerettigheder
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Oversættelse af det uofficielle russiske nyhedsblad "A Chronicle of Current Events (Nos 1-11), produceret af en anonym kollektiv gruppe, som dokumenterer russiske brud på menneskerettigheder
Dissent in the USSR
Author: Rudolf L. Tökés
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Uncensored Russia
Author: Peter Reddaway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999028070
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780999028070
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Uncensored Russia
Author: Peter Reddaway
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissenters
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissenters
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Protest, Reform and Repression in Khrushchev's Soviet Union
Author: Rob Hornsby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107030927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Robert Hornsby draws on a range of declassified archival material to analyse political protest and government repression in post-Stalin USSR.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107030927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Robert Hornsby draws on a range of declassified archival material to analyse political protest and government repression in post-Stalin USSR.
Russia's Unfinished Revolution
Author: Michael McFaul
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801456967
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 797
Book Description
For centuries, dictators ruled Russia. Tsars and Communist Party chiefs were in charge for so long some analysts claimed Russians had a cultural predisposition for authoritarian leaders. Yet, as a result of reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev, new political institutions have emerged that now require election of political leaders and rule by constitutional procedures. Michael McFaul traces Russia's tumultuous political history from Gorbachev's rise to power in 1985 through the 1999 resignation of Boris Yeltsin in favor of Vladimir Putin. McFaul divides his account of the post-Soviet country into three periods: the Gorbachev era (1985-1991), the First Russian Republic (1991-1993), and the Second Russian Republic (1993-present). The first two were, he believes, failures—failed institutional emergence or failed transitions to democracy. By contrast, new democratic institutions did emerge in the third era, though not the institutions of a liberal democracy. McFaul contends that any explanation for Russia's successes in shifting to democracy must also account for its failures. The Russian/Soviet case, he says, reveals the importance of forging social pacts; the efforts of Russian elites to form alliances failed, leading to two violent confrontations and a protracted transition from communism to democracy. McFaul spent a great deal of time in Moscow in the 1990s and witnessed firsthand many of the events he describes. This experience, combined with frequent visits since and unparalleled access to senior Russian policymakers and politicians, has resulted in an astonishingly well-informed account. Russia's Unfinished Revolution is a comprehensive history of Russia during this crucial period.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801456967
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 797
Book Description
For centuries, dictators ruled Russia. Tsars and Communist Party chiefs were in charge for so long some analysts claimed Russians had a cultural predisposition for authoritarian leaders. Yet, as a result of reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev, new political institutions have emerged that now require election of political leaders and rule by constitutional procedures. Michael McFaul traces Russia's tumultuous political history from Gorbachev's rise to power in 1985 through the 1999 resignation of Boris Yeltsin in favor of Vladimir Putin. McFaul divides his account of the post-Soviet country into three periods: the Gorbachev era (1985-1991), the First Russian Republic (1991-1993), and the Second Russian Republic (1993-present). The first two were, he believes, failures—failed institutional emergence or failed transitions to democracy. By contrast, new democratic institutions did emerge in the third era, though not the institutions of a liberal democracy. McFaul contends that any explanation for Russia's successes in shifting to democracy must also account for its failures. The Russian/Soviet case, he says, reveals the importance of forging social pacts; the efforts of Russian elites to form alliances failed, leading to two violent confrontations and a protracted transition from communism to democracy. McFaul spent a great deal of time in Moscow in the 1990s and witnessed firsthand many of the events he describes. This experience, combined with frequent visits since and unparalleled access to senior Russian policymakers and politicians, has resulted in an astonishingly well-informed account. Russia's Unfinished Revolution is a comprehensive history of Russia during this crucial period.
Globalizing Human Rights
Author: Christian Peterson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136646930
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Globalizing Human Rights explores the complexities of the role human rights played in U.S.-Soviet relations during the 1970s and 1980s. It will show how private citizens exploited the larger effects of contemporary globalization and the language of the Final Act to enlist the U.S. government in a global campaign against Soviet/Eastern European human rights violations. A careful examination of this development shows the limitations of existing literature on the Reagan and Carter administrations’ efforts to promote internal reform in USSR. It also reveals how the Carter administration and private citizens, not Western European governments, played the most important role in making the issue of human rights a fundamental aspect of Cold War competition. Even more important, it illustrates how each administration made the support of non-governmental human rights activities an integral element of its overall approach to weakening the international appeal of the USSR. In addition to looking at the behavior of the U.S. government, this work also highlights the limitations of arguments that focus on the inherent weakness of Soviet dissent during the early to mid 1980s. In the case of the USSR, it devotes considerable attention to why Soviet leaders failed to revive the international reputation of their multinational empire in face of consistent human rights critiques. It also documents the crucial role that private citizens played in shaping Mikhail Gorbachev’s efforts to reform Soviet-style socialism.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136646930
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Globalizing Human Rights explores the complexities of the role human rights played in U.S.-Soviet relations during the 1970s and 1980s. It will show how private citizens exploited the larger effects of contemporary globalization and the language of the Final Act to enlist the U.S. government in a global campaign against Soviet/Eastern European human rights violations. A careful examination of this development shows the limitations of existing literature on the Reagan and Carter administrations’ efforts to promote internal reform in USSR. It also reveals how the Carter administration and private citizens, not Western European governments, played the most important role in making the issue of human rights a fundamental aspect of Cold War competition. Even more important, it illustrates how each administration made the support of non-governmental human rights activities an integral element of its overall approach to weakening the international appeal of the USSR. In addition to looking at the behavior of the U.S. government, this work also highlights the limitations of arguments that focus on the inherent weakness of Soviet dissent during the early to mid 1980s. In the case of the USSR, it devotes considerable attention to why Soviet leaders failed to revive the international reputation of their multinational empire in face of consistent human rights critiques. It also documents the crucial role that private citizens played in shaping Mikhail Gorbachev’s efforts to reform Soviet-style socialism.