The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of "Democracy" in Russian Political Discourse. Volume 2, The Promise of Democracy During the Yeltsin / David Cratis Williams, Marilyn J. Young, and Michael K. Launer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, David Cratis, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Political aspects--Russia (Federation).

Rhetoric.

Democracy--Russia (Federation).

Democracy.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2022]

Summary:

Russia in the 1990s had a "Wild West" vibe, as reformist and conservative elements struggled for ascendancy. It was a time of heightened media freedom, a burgeoning civil society, and a quest for a new national identity. This volume examines the arc of official political rhetoric during this critical period.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Photos

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Note to Readers

Alexander Yuriev

Dedication Alexander Ivanovich Yuriev (1942–2020)

Preface

Marilyn Young at a Political Communication Conference

Introduction to Volume Two

Yeltsin and Gorbachev

Part One: Framework for Understanding the Immediate Post-Soviet Political Environment: Ecological Depredation, Economic Challenges, the Press, and National Identity

Yeltsin Standing on a Tank 1991

1. A New Day for the Soviet Environment

2. The Former Soviet Union Leaves Environmental Legacy of Shame

3. Review of Environmental Management in the Soviet Union by Philip R. Pryde

4. Russian Scientists Struggle to Survive

5. Review of The Russian Press from Brezhnev to Yeltsin: Behind the Paper Curtain by John Murray

6. Argumentation, Globalization, and the New Nationalism: Implications and New Directions

Part Two: Politics and Political Argumentation during the Yeltsin Years

7. Democratization and Cultures of Communication: The Mission of the International Center for the Advancement of Political Communication and Argumentation

8. The Role of Public Argument in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of the December 12, 1993, Elections in the Russian Federation

9. Analysis of Political Argumentation and Party Campaigning Prior to the 1993 and 1995 State Duma Elections: Lessons Learned and Not Learned

10. Argument and Political Party Formulations: A Continuing Case Study of Democratization in the Russian Federation

11. Russian Electoral Politics and the Search for National Identity

Yeltsin Campaign Photograph

Runoff Election Sample Ballot

Choose or Lose—Campaign Button

Choose or Lose—T-shirt Front

Choose or Lose—T-shirt Back

Choose or Lose—Globe and Barbed Wire

Choose or Lose—Jeans Jacket and Prison Garb

12. Frameworks for Russian Identity: Arguing the Past, Defining the Future

13. Historical Metaphor and the Search for National Identity in Russia

14. Russia’s First Elected President Buries Its Last Czar: Reclaiming Cultural Memory in the Search for National Identity

Part Three: Yeltsin’s Multiple Political Profiles (The Three Faces of Boris)

15. Yeltsin as an Autocrat: The “Constitutional Crisis of 1993” as the Beginning of the End of Russian Democracy

Shelling of the White House

16. Yeltsin as a Democrat: A Lexical Content Analysis of His Presidential Addresses to the Federal Assembly 1994–1999

17. Yeltsin as a Man of the People: A Case Study of His Campaign Rhetoric during the 1996 Russian Presidential Election

Yeltsin on the Campaign Trail “It is still not easy living in Russia”

Part Four: Looking Backward, Looking Forward

Clinton and Yeltsin Shaking Hands

18. Ten Years of Frustration: Transitional Rhetoric and Democratization in the Russian Federation

19. The Fear of Politics and the Politics of Fear in Russia— Images in the US Media

20. Echoes of Berlin 1989: Post-Soviet Discourse and the Rhetoric of National Unity

21. Foreign Policy Challenges and The Historical “Anchors” of Russian Federation Foreign Policy after September 11, 2001

Alexei Salmin

22. Instant Democracy: Rhetorical Crises and the Russian Federation, 1991–2007

Yeltsin and Putin in the President’s Office

Afterword

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-64469-652-5

1-64469-651-7

OCLC:

1321804952