wyszukanych pozycji: 5
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Lonely Power: Why Russia Has Failed to Become the West and the West Is Weary of Russia
ISBN: 9780870032462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Adapted from the Russian edition, this book analyzes the dominant stereotypes and myths that formed during the Putin presidency and that continue to hamper our understanding of Russia's current situation. Author Lilia Shevtsova explains the origins of such political cliches as - Russia is not mature enough for democracy; - Capitalism first, and democracy will follow; - The humiliation of Russia by the West is the key cause of their soured relationship; - Arms talks between Russia and the United States will help to reset the relationship. Shevtsova argues that an anti-mythology... Adapted from the Russian edition, this book analyzes the dominant stereotypes and myths that formed during the Putin presidency and that continue t... |
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Yeltsin's Russia: Myths and Reality
ISBN: 9780870031274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this comprehensive assessment of what has happened in Russia since 1991--what has been accomplished and what so far has failed--the author argues that the new situation in Russia cannot be defined simply in terms of either authoritarianism or liberal democracy. The reality is more complicated--a heterogeneous patchwork of despotism, liberalism, populism, paternalism, and democracy all coexisting. Russia's political life is marked by plurality of views and actors. Opposition movements are proliferating. On the economic front, Russia crossed the threshold to a market economy. Strides have... In this comprehensive assessment of what has happened in Russia since 1991--what has been accomplished and what so far has failed--the author argue... |
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Russia: Lost in Transition: The Yeltsin and Putin Legacies
ISBN: 9780870032363 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Russian history is first and foremost a history of personalized power. As Russia startles the international community with its assertiveness and faces both parliamentary and presidential elections, Lilia Shevtsova searches the histories of the Yeltsin and Putin regimes. She explores within them conventional truths and myths about Russia, paradoxes of Russian political development, and Russia's role in the world. Russia --Lost in Transition discovers a logic of government in Russia --a political regime and the type of capitalism that were formulated during the Yeltsin and Putin presidencies... Russian history is first and foremost a history of personalized power. As Russia startles the international community with its assertiveness and fa... |
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Putin's Russia
ISBN: 9780870032134 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Examines the recent presidential and parliamentary elections and their effects on Putin's leadership and Russia.
Examines the recent presidential and parliamentary elections and their effects on Putin's leadership and Russia.
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76,25 |
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Change or Decay: Russia's Dilemma and the West's Response
ISBN: 9780870033476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The world is still coping with the consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two decades later, the West has yet to adjust to the post-Soviet reality and Russia has not settled on its relationship with the rest of the world. This title analyzes how relations are shifting between Russia and the world.
The world is still coping with the consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two decades later, the West has yet to adjust to the post-Soviet ...
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76,25 |