Building the Russian State
Subtitle: Institutional Crisis and the Quest for Democratic Governance (John M. Olin Critical Issues Series (Cloth))
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780813337425
Subjects: Politics and government; Public Affairs & Administration; History - General History; Contemporary Politics - Former Soviet Republics; Public Administration; Political Science; Current Affairs; Politics/International Relations; Political; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Area / regional studies; Political structure & processes; Russia; Russia (Federation); 1991-; Congresses; Elite (Social sciences)
First sentence: When Russia emerged as an independent state in 1991, its massive oil and gas reserves held both the promise of economic growth and the potential for building strong political links with society during the transition from Soviet rule.