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Russian Pluralism—Now Irreversible?

By Uri Ra’anan , Keith Armes , Kate Martin (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
1992
ISBN
978-1-349-60663-4, 978-1-137-11917-9
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-11917-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22138824 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
VIII, 230\227
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
general; Political ScienceRussian and Post-Soviet Politics; Sociology

Description

The dissolution of the U.S.S.R. marked also the end of the communist system. However, its replacement by a working democracy is not assured. First a 'civil society', built upon a pluralistic infrastructure, has to be established. This requires the achievement of a 'law-based state', pluralism in the political media, an unshackled media, and freedom of religion. The distinguished experts in these fields brought together in this book question whether such an infrastructure is firm enough as yet to preclude reversion to an authoritarian system. Current events in Russia form an experiment of incalculable importance to the future of the international system - Russian Pluralism-Now Irreversible? offers a lucid, stimulating assessment of the experiment's chances for success.

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