General Information

Author/Creator

White, Stephen, 1945-

Language

English.

Published

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Physical Description

x, 277 p. ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Gill, Graeme J., 1947-

Slider, Darrell.

Contents/Summary

Summary

This book, written by three of the West's leading scholars of Soviet and post-Soviet affairs, traces the politics of transition in the late 1980s and early 1990s from its origins to its uncertain post-communist future. Detailed but clearly and accessibly written, The Politics of Transition provides an ideal guide for students and specialists to the changes that have been taking place in the politics of the newly-independent nations that together constitute a sixth of the world's land surface.

Subjects

Subject

Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1985-1991.

Former Soviet republics > Politics and government.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Stephen White, Graeme Gill, Darrell Slider.

Content

1. Beyond marxism -- 2. Reforming the electoral system -- 3. Structures of government -- 4. The presidency and central government -- 5. From union to independence -- 6. Patterns of republic and local politics -- 7. The withering away of the party -- 8. The emergence of competitive politics -- 9. The politics of economic interests -- 10. Public opinion and the political process -- 11. Letters and political communication -- 12. The Soviet transition and 'democracy from above'.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

ISBN

0521440947

0521446341

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	947.085/4 WHI		OSA Repository	-

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