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From: "Tula Orum" <torum@ceip.org>
Subject: New Carnegie Book: Political Leadership in Russia's Transition
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001
Contact: Julie Shaw, 202-939-2211
NEW BOOK FROM THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT
GORBACHEV, YELTSIN, AND PUTIN: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN RUSSIA'S TRANSITION
ARCHIE BROWN AND LILIA SHEVTSOVA, EDITORS
www.ceip.org/files/Publications/gyp.asp
"...a very readable guide through the thicket of modern Russian politics." -Robert G. Kaiser, associate editor and former Moscow bureau chief, Washington Post
"Indispensable reading for those interested in the transition from Soviet to Russian politics." -Barbara Kellerman, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"The comparison between Gorbachev and Yeltsin is magisterial. On Putin, the authors succeed in identifying some of the most promising as well as the most worrying of his policies." -Alfred Stepan, Columbia University
In Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin, renowned political analysts Archie Brown and Lilia Shevtsova provide an inside look into the roles of Russia's three top leaders since 1985 and their policy imprints during the country's tense and dramatic transition from communism. The book not only evaluates the rulers' leadership and analyzes their goals, styles of governing, sources of influence, and obstacles, but also provides insightful comparisons.
In the first of the book's four main sections, Brown compares Gorbachev's and Yeltsin's impact on Russia's transformation. Next, George Breslauer, professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, evaluates the two leaders' success in reaching their goals. Shevtsova traces the evolution of presidential power from Yeltsin to Putin, focusing on the degree to which Putin is breaking with the norms and institutions inherited from his predecessor. Last, Eugene Huskey, professor of political science and Russian studies at Stetson University, Florida, writes on Putin's first year in the presidency and extends the analysis to the center's relationship with the regions and the leaderships in the regions themselves.
Archie Brown is professor of politics at the University of Oxford and author of The Gorbachev Factor.
Lilia Shevtsova is senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment and author of Yeltsin's Russia.
Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin: Political Leadership in Russia's Transition
Archie Brown and Lilia Shevtsova, Editors
Published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
2001/163 pages
$16.95/paperback: 0-87003-186-4 (plus tax and shipping)
To order call: 1-800-275-1447 or 202-797-6258 or visit www.ceip.org/files/Publications/gyp.asp
GORBACHEV, YELTSIN, AND PUTIN: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN RUSSIA'S TRANSITION
ARCHIE BROWN AND LILIA SHEVTSOVA, EDITORS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword, Jessica T. Mathews
Preface
1. INTRODUCTION, Archie Brown
2. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS COMPARED: Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin,
Archie Brown
3. EVALUATING GORBACHEV AND YELTSIN AS LEADERS, George W. Breslauer
4. FROM YELTSIN TO PUTIN: The Evolution of Presidential Power, Lilia Shevtsova
5. POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND THE CENTER-PERIPHERY STRUGGLE: Putin's
Administrative Reforms, Eugene Huskey
6. CONCLUSION, Lilia Shevtsova
INDEX
Contributors
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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