The New Russia
Subtitle: troubled transformation
By: edited by Gail W. Lapidus.
Contributors: Lapidus, Gail Warshofsky.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Post-communism -- Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Description: In this book, distinguished U.S. and Russian scholars analyze the great challenges confronting post-Communist Russia and examine the Yeltsin government's attempts to deal with them. Focusing on problems of state- and nation-building, economic reform, demilitarization, and the definition of Russia's national interests in its relations with the outside world, the authors trace the complex interplay between the Communist legacy and efforts to chart new directions in both domestic and foreign policy.

They give special attention to the defeat of liberal reformers in the latest parliamentary elections and to the implications of that shift for Russia's domestic and foreign policy in the years ahead.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.