Russian politics in transition : institutional conflict in a nascent democracy
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Russian politics in transition : institutional conflict in a nascent democracy
（Leeds studies in democratization）
Ashgate, c1997
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Bibliography: p. 293-302
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Description
An account of Russian politics from the days of "Perestroika" to the disintegration of the USSR. The author's look at the rise and fall of the first Russian parliament and the conflicts between the new Russian parliament, particularly between the executive and the legislative.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - the predicament of Russian parliamentarianism. Part 1 Dualism and "Sorbornost'" (a theory): transition to modernity and the problem of social integration
- pluralism and integration
- "Perestroika" and the crisis of "Sobornost'". Part 2 The rise and fall of the first Russian Parliament (A History): from a regional assembly to the National Legislature
- the parliament and the reform
- the fall of the parliament. Part 3 Parliamentary behaviour at a formative stage (Three case studies): voting in the Russian parliament - the spectrum of political forces and the conflict between the executive and the legislative
- the people and the legislative - populist trends in contemporary parliamentary discourse
- legislation of the second republic - democratic values and democratic procedures in the juridical context of "Sobornost'". Conclusion: transition to democracy - political shock therapy or a conflict of legitimacies.
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