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Although Russia experienced dramatic political breakthroughs in the late 1980s and early 1990s after shedding the shackles of Soviet rule, it subsequently failed to continue progressing toward democracy. M. Steven Fish offers an explanation for the direction of regime change in post-Soviet Russia, relying on cross-national comparative analysis as well as on in-depth field research in Russia. Fish demonstrates that Russia's failure to democratize has three causes: too much economic reliance on oil, too little economic liberalization, and too weak a national legislature.
Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 48725th edition (August 29, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521618967
ISBN-13: 978-0521618960
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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I mean, I know the author, he's my professor from last year. Nice guy. I don't think the book was appropriate for a lower division undergraduate class. The students just aren't there yet to get much out of it. I know you're buying it because you're a Cal student and it's assigned, so go ahead, but otherwise, don't read it until you've had a few years of college reading under your belt because it will be a waste of time.
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