The politics of change
Subtitle: the transformation of the former Soviet Union
By: Carol Barner-Barry, Cynthia A. Hody.
Contributors: Hody, Cynthia Ann, 1955-
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991.; Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government.; Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Description: The Politics of Change explores the political, economic, and cultural issues involved in the disintegration of the former Soviet Union and the emergence of newly independent states. It examines Russia and other post-Soviet states as they try to develop their own identities as fifteen separate countries, as they try to develop their own market economies, and as they try to integrate themselves into an international system that is itself in flux.

Rather than focus on institutions and individual policymakers, the book focuses on the causes and meaning of change, thereby raising more general issues about the process of political transition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.