{"product_id":"reform-in-modern-russian-history-progress-or-cycle-hardback-9780521451772","title":"Reform in Modern Russian History; Progress or Cycle? (Hardback) 9780521451772","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReform in Modern Russian History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProgress or Cycle?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn historical introduction to the prospects for reform in Russian state and society.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTheodore Taranovski (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521451772, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 January 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e456 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.8 x 3.9 cm, 0.791 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the papers published in this volume are fine examples of the thinking of American and Soviet scholars on a topic of enormous importance...\"   The Historian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis volume provides a comparative study of the problems and prospects of reform in modern Russian history. Drawn from contributions to a May 1990 conference sponsored by the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, the book raises important methodological and historiographic questions regarding the content, scope, and significance of various reform efforts, ranging from the Great Reforms of tsar Alexander II to attempts to salvage the Soviet system undertaken by Khrushchev and Gorbachev. One of the key issues raised is whether various attempts to modernise the political and social system were a series of cyclical failures or demonstrate a pattern of progressive development.Reform in Modern Russian History favours the second mode of interpretation and provides an excellent background for all who want to understand the Gorbachev era and contemporary Russian politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The problem of reform in Russian and Soviet history Theodore Taranovski\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Traditions of Reform in Late Imperial Russia: 2. 'Revolution from Above' in Russia: reflections on Natan Eidel'man's last book and related matters Terence Emmons\u003cbr\u003e 3. Russia falls back Russia catches up: three generations of Russian reformers Valentina G. Cherukha and Boris V. Anan'ich\u003cbr\u003e 4. From reforms 'from above' to revolution 'from below' Larisa G. Zakharova\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reforms and political culture in prerevolutionary Russia: Commentary Daniel Field\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Autocracy and the Challenge of Constitutionalism: 6. The social problem in Russia 1906–1914: Stolypin's agrarian reform Avenir P. Korelin\u003cbr\u003e 7. Agricultural reform and political change: the case of Stolypin David A. J. Macey\u003cbr\u003e 8. United government and the crisis of autocracy 1905–1914 David M. McDonald\u003cbr\u003e 9. Russia's parliament of public opinion: association assembly and the autocracy 1906–1914 Joseph Bradley\u003cbr\u003e 10. The reforming tradition in Russian and Soviet history: Commentary Alfred J. Rieber\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Uncertain Interlude: 11. The evolution of Bolshevik cultural policies during the first years of Soviet power Peter Kenez\u003cbr\u003e 12. Local power in the 1920s: police and administrative reform Neil B. Weissman\u003cbr\u003e 13. The antibureaucratic campaigns of the 1920s Daniel T. Orlovsky\u003cbr\u003e 14. The inconsistency of NEP: Commentary Ben Eklof\u003cbr\u003e 15. Khrushchev and the crisis of the regime of the Marxian prince Carl A. Linden\u003cbr\u003e 16. Khrushchev's reforms in the light of perestroika Vitalii S. Lel'chuk\u003cbr\u003e 17. Perestroika: a revival of Khruschevian reform or a new idea of socialist state Giulietto Chiesa\u003cbr\u003e 18. Khruschev and Gorbachev - similarity and difference: commentary Robert V. Daniels\u003cbr\u003e 19. The reformer's dilemma - damned if it's reform, damned if it's revolution: Commentary William Taubman\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Past, the Present and the Future: 20. Perestroika and the role of representative institutions in contemporary Soviet politics Sergei B. Stankevich\u003cbr\u003e 21. Glasnost in Russia and the USSR: the 1860s and the 1980s Iurii M. Baturin\u003cbr\u003e 22. Reform and revolution: Commentary Blair Ruble\u003cbr\u003e 23. The fifth Russian revolution: Commentary Robert C. Tucker\u003cbr\u003e 24. The return to normalcy: commentary Theodore Taranovski.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913248629016,"sku":"9780521451772","price":75.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521451772i_3314ac1d-4f3e-405a-bc39-4f80bbad6897.jpg?v=1691382227","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reform-in-modern-russian-history-progress-or-cycle-hardback-9780521451772","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}