1st Edition

In Search Of Pluralism Soviet And Post-soviet Politics

Edited By Carol R. Saivetz Copyright 1994
    184 Pages
    by Routledge

    184 Pages
    by Routledge

    Building innovatively on Western social-science theory and on older models of Soviet politics, this book reviews changes in the former USSR in order to assess the prospects there for democratic pluralism.

    Introduction 1. Pluralism, Civil Society, and Post-Soviet Politics 2. Pluralism and the New Press in Russia 3. Pluralism and Politics in an Urban Soviet: Donetsk 1990–1991 4. How Democratic Are Local Russian Deputies? 5. Prospects for Political Pluralism in Central Asia 6. Pluralism Versus Corporatism: Government, Labor and Business in the Russian Federation 7. State, Property, and Political Society in Postcommunist Russia: In Search of a Political Center 8. Conclusion: Today's Russia, Pluralism, and Social Science Theory