Russian Conservatism and Its Critics
Subtitle: A Study in Political Culture
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: January 8, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780300112887
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; History; History - General History; History: World; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Russia; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Political History; Political Ideologies - General; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); Conservatism; Liberalism; Political culture
First sentence: The dominant strain in Russian political thought throughout history has been a conservatism that insisted on strong, centralized authority, unrestrained either by law or parliament.