From the first free elections in post-Soviet Russia in 1989 to the end of the Yeltsin period in 1999, Russia's parliament was the site of great political upheavals. Conflicts between communists and reformers generated constant turmoil, and twice parliamentary institutions broke down in violence. This book offers the first full account of the inaugural decade of Russia's parliament. Thomas F. Remington, a leading scholar of Russian politics, describes in unique detail the Gorbachev-era parliament of 1989-91, the interim parliament of 1990-93, and the current Federal Assembly. Focusing particularly on the emergence of parliamentary parties and bicameralism, Remington explores how the organization of the Russian parliament changed, why some changes failed while others were accepted, and why the current parliament is more effective and viable than its predecessors. He links the story of parliamentary evolution in Russia to contemporary theories of institutional development and concludes that, notwithstanding the turbulence of Russia's first postcommunist decade, parliament has served as a stabilizing influence in Russian political life.
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As part of the transition from socialism to a new political and economic system, the parliaments in the former Soviet Union have undergone extensive changes. Remington (Emory Univ.) has studied and written about these changes since 1989 in earlier works such as Parliaments in Transition (Westview, 1994). This new work shows how those changes have affected both the federal Congress of People's Deputies and the Russian Federation's parliament. Alternating chapters discuss Gorbachev's and Yeltsin's jockeying for position at the leadership level (drawing heavily on game theory as an analytic tool) and on the changes in the institution's own processes. The author also covers the drafting of the 1993 Constitution and the new legislative processes that it introduced. The treatment is adequate and convincing, but the scholarly presentation makes the book suitable only for academic libraries. Marcia L. Sprules, Council on Foreign Relations Lib., New York
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"By far the best study yet written on post-Soviet political institutions in Russia or anywhere else in the former Soviet Union." Timothy J. Colton, Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University"
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new regional policy, standing rules, deputy survey, democratic center, bureaucratic nationalists, central union government, territorial delegations, soviet sessions, deputy chairmanships, transitional parliament, deputy groups, floor voting, first deputy chairman, factional affiliations, constituent territories, parliamentary organization, decree power, deputy chairmen, faction leaders, package agreement, individual deputies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Soviet, Federation Council, Organizing the New, Organizing the Federal Assembly, The Power Game, Russian Republic, Gorbachev's Constitutional Reforms, Council of the Duma, State Duma, Council of the Federation, Political Representation, Boris Yeltsin, Does Parliament Matter, Russia's Choice, Council of Factions, First Congress, Agrarian Party of Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Anatolii Luk'ianov, President Yeltsin, People's Power, Congress of People's Deputies, Council of Ministers, Soviet Union, Our Home Is Russia Browse Sample Pages:
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new regional policy, standing rules, deputy survey, democratic center, bureaucratic nationalists, central union government, territorial delegations, soviet sessions, deputy chairmanships, transitional parliament, deputy groups, floor voting, first deputy chairman, factional affiliations, constituent territories, parliamentary organization, decree power, deputy chairmen, faction leaders, package agreement, individual deputies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Soviet, Federation Council, Organizing the New, Organizing the Federal Assembly, The Power Game, Russian Republic, Gorbachev's Constitutional Reforms, Council of the Duma, State Duma, Council of the Federation, Political Representation, Boris Yeltsin, Does Parliament Matter, Russia's Choice, Council of Factions, First Congress, Agrarian Party of Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Anatolii Luk'ianov, President Yeltsin, People's Power, Congress of People's Deputies, Council of Ministers, Soviet Union, Our Home Is Russia Browse Sample Pages:
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