The Rebirth of Politics in Russia

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By focusing on the popular forces which accomplished Russia's political rebirth, this 1997 book offers an original perspective on this critical period.

Résumé
How was it that after seventy years of communist dictatorship, political life returned to Russia? This 1997 book addresses that question by focusing on the individuals, groups and movements which brought this about, their struggles against the Soviet regime, and the ways in which these struggles shaped Russia's political rebirth.

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Part I. The Pre-Political Context: 1. Politics and communism: figure and ground; 2. Regime and opposition in the pre-political period; Part II. Perestroika and the Return of Political Life: 3. Perestroika: renewal, transition or transformation; 4. Glasnost, mass media and the emergence of political society; 5. The informal movement: politics on the margins of the Soviet order; 6. National elections and mass politics; Part III. Politics and Revolution: 7. The politics of opposition; 8. The 1990 elections and the politics of national liberation; 9. Parties in movement: the articulation of Russian political society at the close of the Soviet period; 10. Restoration and revolution; Part IV. Ground Up: Politics in Post-Communist Russia: 11. Reform, reaction and rebellion: the calamity of the first republic; 12. Neither democracy nor dictatorship.