Gorbachev and Yeltsin as leaders / George W. Breslauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breslauer, George W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich.

Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, 1931-2007.

Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.

Soviet Union.

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

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 331 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Gorbachev & Yeltsin as Leaders

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders examines the strategies employed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin to build leadership authority. Political leaders often use a combination of coercion, material reward, and persuasion, but Professor Breslauer focuses on the power of ideas, as leaders use them to mobilize support and to craft an image as effective problem solvers, indispensable consensus builders, and symbols of national unity. In Khrushchev and Brezhnev as Leaders: Building Authority in Soviet Politics (1982), he documented Khrushchev's and Brezhnev's domestic policy strategies; this book handles domestic and foreign policies. All chapters compare Gorbachev and Yeltsin and Khrushchev and Brezhnev, mostly analyzing the changes in policy, the strategies, and the political dilemmas that are common to all four administrations. The book discusses the ways in which authority building was affected by political constraints unique to each of the stages.

Contents:

Preface

Leadership strategies in Soviet and post-Soviet politics

Gorbachev and Yeltsin : personalities and beliefs

Rise of Gorbachev

Gorbachev ascendant

Gorbachev on the political defensive

Yeltsin versus Gorbachev

Yeltsin ascendant

Yeltsin on the political defensive

Yeltsin lashes out : the invasion of Chechnya (December 1994)

Yeltsin's many last hurrahs

Explaining leaders' choices, 1985-1999

Criteria for the evaluation of transformational leaders

Evaluating Gorbachev as leader

Evaluating Yeltsin as leader.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-08546-8

0-511-61353-9

Publisher Number:

2027/heb05476 hdl