russia. ussr from tsarist rule communist revolution in 1917 superpower democratic revolution in...
DESCRIPTION
HYBRID SYSTEM Oligarchy = small group of advisors Real Democracy = struggle over freedoms Illiberal Democracy = on paper but not free Autocratic = deference to authority Statism = strong state protects form outside Which one?TRANSCRIPT
USSRFrom Tsarist Rule…Communist Revolution in 1917SuperpowerDemocratic Revolution in 1991…To Russian Federation
HYBRID SYSTEMOligarchy = small group of advisorsReal Democracy = struggle over freedomsIlliberal Democracy = on paper but not freeAutocratic = deference to authorityStatism = strong state protects form outsideWhich one?
PEOPLE AND PLACEGeographyChangeLarge
TraditionStatistOrthodoxyEquality
CHANGEGovernmentAutocratic TsarsTotalitarian CommunismDemocratic Oligarchy InstitutionsDemocratic CentralismNomenklaturaPolitburo
EconomicNew Economic PolicyCollectivizationGosplanReformsGlastnostDemocratizationPerestoika
CITIZENS AND THE STATE
ContradictionsSupport idea of democracy
Desire more freedom…but…
Like strong government
Want powerful leaders
CleavagesNationalityReligionSocial ClassUrban/Rural
Attitudes Mistrust Gov.
and
Statist Econ Transition
and
Westernization
PARTICIPATION100% voting rateChoose within PartyUndeveloped Civil SocietyState CorporatismNashi
PARTIESWeak structuresShort lifespanPersonalisticLimited powerNot Ideological
United RussiaCommunist PartyLiberal DemocratsA Just Russia“Parties of Power”
CORPORATISMTop Oligarchs
Own 50% of GNP“Insider Privatization”
Russian Mafiaprotection moneycorruption
MediaPravda
INSTITUTIONSSemi-PresidentialPresidentPrime MinisterBureaucrats
BicameralFederation Council
Duma
CourtsConstitutionalSupremeKGBReinforce State Authority
MilitaryLoyal to Government
POLICY AND ISSUESEconomy wavering into marketization and too oil dependent
Foreign Policy dealing with Confederation of Independent States and the West
Recentralization of Power under Putin and in the Kremlin
Development of Civil Society against History of Statism
TerrorismLoss of Population
VIDEOS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/putins-way/ https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7mOPKiKz8&list=PLhuA9d7RIOdaixGF11t91dOEXf1N2q-oL x 8 in Russian with subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USUA_1WVM8I part 1 in English