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Revolutionary passage : from Soviet to post-Soviet Russia, 1985-2000 / Marc Garcelon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garcelon, Marc, 1958-
- Series:
- Politics, history, and social change.
- Politics, history, and social change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--Russia (Federation).
- Political culture.
- Political culture--Soviet Union.
- Perestroĭka.
- Democracy--Russia (Federation).
- Democracy.
- Intellectuals--Soviet Union.
- Intellectuals.
- Soviet Union--Intellectual life--1970-1991.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.
- Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.
- Russia (Federation).
- Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Rossii︠a︡ (Political party).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Revolutionary Passage is a cultural, social, and political history of Russia during its critical period of transformation at the end of the twentieth century. Marc Garcelon traces the history of perestroika and the rise of Vladimir Putin, arguing that the pressure Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms put on the Soviet system gave birth to movements for democratic change. He also shows that the very political arrangements that prompted the fall of Communism also killed hopes for subsequent reform. At the turning point of this political revolution stood Democratic Russia, or DemRoss
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Acronyms and Russian Terms; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Passages; 1 The Specialist Rebellion in Moscow and the Genesis of a Revolutionary Situation; 2 The Rise of Democratic Russia; 3 Democrats on the Offensive; 4 August 1991 and the Decline of Russia's Democratic Movement; 5 Interregnum; Appendix: English Translation of Russian Questionnaire Used in the Survey in Chapter One; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611093945
- 9781281093943
- 1281093947
- 9781592133635
- 1592133630
- OCLC:
- 476075008
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