Democratic Changes and Authoritarian Reactions in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova

This 1997 volume looks at regional politics, political parties, and the overall process of democratization in Russia, Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine.

Karen Dawisha (Edited by), Bruce Parrott (Edited by)

9780521597326, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 June 1997

408 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.684 kg

"This book will be of great interest to those concerned with the issue of processes of democratization in postcommunist states." John B. Dunlop, Slavic Review

Edited by two of the world's leading analysts of postcommunist politics, this 1997 book brings together distinguished specialists on the former communist countries of Russia and the Western Newly Independent States. Chapters on Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine, plus three chapters on Russia's regional politics, its political parties, and the overall process of democratization, provide an in-depth analysis of the uneven pattern of political change in these four countries. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott contribute theoretical and comparative chapters on postcommunist political development across the region. This book will provide students and scholars with detailed analysis by leading authorities, plus research data on political and economic developments in each country.

1. Introduction: perspectives on postcommunist democratization Bruce Parrott
2. Systemic change and political outcomes Karen Dawisha
Part I. The Russian Federation: 3. Democratization and the new political order in Russia Thomas F. Remington
4. Democratization and political participation in Russia's regions Jeffrey Hahn
5. Elections and the development of political parties in Russia Michael E. Urban and Vladimir Gel'man
Part II. Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine: 6. Belarus Kathleen Mihalisko
7. The politics of democratization in postcommunist Moldova William Crowther
8. Ukraine between proto-democracy and 'soft' authoritarianism Ilya Prizel.

Subject Areas: Political structures: democracy [JPHV]