Dimensions and challenges of Russian liberalism : historical drama and new prospects /: historical drama and new prospects. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Riccardo Mario Cucciolla.
• Editors: Cucciolla, Riccardo Mario
• Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements; Giancarlo Bosetti.- Who we are.- Credits.- About the Authors.- Introduction: The many dimensions of Russian liberalism; Riccardo Mario Cucciolla.- Part 1: Pre-revolutionary Liberalism and the Challenges of Modernity.- I. The Political Philosophy of Russian Liberalism; Alexey Kara-Murza and Olga Zhukova.- II. Russian Liberalism and the Rule of Law: Notes from Underground; Gianmaria Ajani.- III. Wither Russian Liberalism?; Alexander Semyonov.- Part 2: Liberal Undercurrents in Soviet Times.- IV. Intelligentsia as a liberal concept in Soviet history, 1945–1991; Vladislav Zubok.- V. Human Rights Defenders within Soviet Politics; Benjamin Nathans.- VI. Gorbachev's 'New Thinking': A Proto-liberal Program for the Soviet Union; Svetlana Savranskaya.- VII. Autocratic Ideology as an Obstacle to Liberal Democratic Thought in Post-Soviet Russia; Mark Kramer.- Part 3: The 'Time of Troubles'.- VIII. Paradoxes and By-Products of Liberal Reforms in Russia; Victor Sheynis.- IX. Ethical Liberal Values vs. the Soviet Political and Administrative Heritage from the 1980s to the Present; Alexander Obolonsky.- X. The Lessons from Perestroika and the Evolution of Russian Liberalism (1995–2005); Guillaume Sauvé.- Part 4: Liberalism under Pressure in contemporary Russia.- XI. Liberals or Technocrats? Liberal Ideas and Values in the Mindset of the Russian Political Elite; Valeriy Solovey.- XII. Why reforms of public service of Russia are cyclic: An institutional explanation from a liberal perspective; Alexey Barabashev and Vadim Prokofiev.- XIII. Liberalism and Federalism in Russian State-Building, 1992–2017; Ildar Zulkarnay.- XIV. The Illiberal World Order and Russian Liberals; Andrei Melville.- Index of Names.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.510947; Liberalism -- Russia (Federation); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030057848; 3030057844
• Related ISBNs: 9783030056650
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 3, 2019).
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