UID:
almafu_9959227351002883
Format:
1 online resource (289 pages)
ISBN:
1-134-87168-6
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1-280-33598-X
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0-203-16220-X
Content:
Ruslan Khasbulatov has played a central role in the dramatic changes in Russia over the last three years. He became Acting Speaker of the Russian parliament in July 1991 and helped to defend the Russian White House during the coup attempt of that August. He has since consolidated his influence in the Parliament, and has become one of the country's most powerful and controversial politicians. In this book, Khasbulatov presents his views on Russian politics before the coup, offers a vivid first-hand account of the resistance to the coup, and concludes with his views on the problem of power i
Note:
Translated from Russian.
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Includes index.
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THE STRUGGLE FOR RUSSIA Power and change in the democratic revolution; Copyright; Contents; Author's preface; Introduction: Richard Sakwa; Part I On the eve; 1 Personal; 2 Russia, Socialism and the Transition; 3 In Politics and Government; 4 Remaking the State; The Union Treaty; The Federal Treaty; The Constitution of the Federation; In the community of the Union; 5 Economic Transformation; Russia and the economic crisis; The '500 days' plan and beyond; Land reform; Privatisation and the market; Economic reform and the world; 6 Beyond Communism; Politics before the coup; Rebuilding Russia
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Appendix: Union Treaty (drafted in August 1990); Part II The coup; 7 Day One: 19 August 1991; Democracy in danger; The deputies: organisers of the defence; 8 Day Two: 20 August 1991; The ultimatum; 9 Day Three: 21 August 1991; A tragic night; The session of the Supreme Soviet; 10 23 August 1991: Gorbachev in Parliament; 11 The Origins of the Conspiracy; Questions, questions; The role of the military; The military-industrial complex; The dirty work of Kryuchkov's KGB; 12 The Fate of Freedom; On the verge of ruin; The bankruptcy of the doomed; Conclusion; Part III Power; 13 On Power
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Thoughts of the Speaker; 14 The Separation of Powers and Russia's Crisis; The separation of powers; Dictatorship and democracy; Economic and political power; The CIS: the collapse of a great empire and post-Union cooperation; 15 Power and Russia; The search for common sense; Parliamentarianism, parliament and democracy; Parliament and opposition; Parliament and the market economy; The professionalism of parliament; The vertical and horizontal separation of power; Parliament in civil society; Parliament and the government; Presidential and parliamentary forms of government
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16 Federalism and Democracy; Russia and modern federalism; Federalism as a method of resolving ethnic disputes; Federalism and the problem of sovereignty; Federalism and the decentralisation of administration; Federalism, democracy and the treaty process; Federation and the defence of its principles; Federalism as a basis of national unity; Interaction of President and parliament; Conclusion; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-09292-2
Language:
English
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