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Although Russia experienced dramatic political breakthroughs in the late 1980s and early 1990s after shedding the shackles of Soviet rule, it subsequently failed to continue progressing toward democracy. M. Steven Fish offers an explanation for the direction of regime change in post-Soviet Russia, relying on cross-national comparative analysis as well as on in-depth field research in Russia. Fish demonstrates that Russia's failure to democratize has three causes: too much economic reliance on oil, too little economic liberalization, and too weak a national legislature.
About the Author
M. Steven Fish is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California -Berkeley. In 2000-2001 he was a Fulbright fellow and Visiting Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the European University at St. Petersburg. He is the author of Democracy from Scratch: Opposition and Regime in the New Russian Revolution (Princeton University Press, 1995) and a co-author of Postcommunism and the Theory of Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2001). He has published articles in Comparative Political Studies, East European Constitutional Review, East European Politics and Societies, Europe-Asia Studies, Journal of Democracy, Post-Soviet Affairs, Slavic Review, World Politics, and numerous edited volumes.
Democracy Derailed in Russia: The Failure of Open Politics (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics),M. Steven Fish,Peter Lange,Robert H. Bates,Ellen Comisso,Peter Hall,Joel Migdal,Helen Milner,Cambridge University Press,0521618967,1991-,Democracy,Economic policy,General,History & Theory - General,Political Ideologies - Democracy,Political Process - General,Political Science,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Politics and government,Politics/International Relations,Post-Communism,Russia (Federation),Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe),POLITICS & GOVERNMENT,Political Science / General,Political economy
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