Russia After Communism

Aslund, Anders; Olcott, Martha Brill

Book

Russia After Communism

This book features chapters written by pairs of leading Russian and American scholars, and provides an overall assessment of what has been accomplished and what has failed since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

By Anders Aslund and Martha Brill Olcott

Published on Jan 1, 1999

Source: Washington

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new political and economic system has evolved in Russia. Russia After Communism provides an overall assessment of what has been accomplished and what has failed to date, and where Russia is heading. In a unique collaborative effort, the book features chapters on major issues written by pairs of leading Russian and American scholars.

Michael McFaul and Nikolai Petrov analyze the Russian elections since 1989 and assess voting behavior. Lilia Shevtsova and Martha Brill Olcott address the question of whether Russia has become a stable pluralist society. Valery Tishkov and Martha Brill Olcott focus on the nature of the Russian nation as well as regional relations. Russia has become a market economy, but what kind of capitalism is being formed? Anders Åslund and Mikhail Dmitriev examine the continuing challenge of economic reform. Sherman Garnett and Dmitri Trenin analyze Russia's relations with its nearest neighbor.

About the Authors

Anders Aslund

Former Senior Associate, Director, Russian and Eurasian Program

Martha Brill Olcott

Former Senior Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program and, Co-director, al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia

Olcott is professor emerita at Colgate University, having taught political science there from 1974 to 2002. Prior to her work at the endowment, Olcott served as a special consultant to former secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger.

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