Russia Since 1980: Wrestling with Westernization

by Stefan Hedlund and Steven Rosefielde

Book Overview

Russia since 1980 recounts the epochal political, economic, and social changes that destroyed the Soviet Union, ushering in a perplexing new order. Two decades after Mikhail Gorbachev initiated his regime-wrecking radical reforms, Russia has reemerged as a superpower. It has survived a hyperdepression, modernized, restored private property and business, adopted a liberal democratic persona, and asserted claims to global leadership. Many in the West...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521613841
• ISBN13: 9780521613842
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"