Kotz, David M.

Russia's path from Gorbacher to Putin: the demise of the Soviet system and the new Russia/ David M. Kotz and Fred Weir - London: Routledge, 2007. - xiv, 377 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

1. Introduction

Part 1: The Soviet System
2. Socialism and the Soviet System
3. Growth, Stagnation, and the Origins of Perestroika

Part 2: Perestroika and the Demise of the Soviet System
4. Glasnost and the Intelligentsia
5. Economic Reform
6. Democratization
7. The Party-state Elite and the Pro-capitalist Coalition
8. The Struggle for Power

Part 3: Immediate aftermath of the Soviet demise
9. Shock therapy
10. The results of shock therapy
11. Political conflict

Part 4: The new Russia
12. Privatization and the rise of the oligarchs
13 Depression, financial crisis, and recovery
14 From Yeltsin to Putin

Part 5: The Soviet system and the future of socialism
15. Lessons for the future of soicalism

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Economic Stabilization--Russia
Soviet Union--Economic Conditions
Soviet Union--Politics and Government

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