Russian Politics in Transition: Institutional Conflict in a Nascent Democracy

by Nikolai Biryukov, Victor Sergeyev

Examines the problems and prospects of democratic transition in Russia since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. A theory of transition to modern democracy is followed by a history of the rise and fall of the 1990 Russian parliament and, finally, three empirical studies of parliamentary behavior at a formative stage. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997