Russia In Search of Its Future. (book reviews)

Stephen White, University of Glasgow

The USSR, when it still existed, prided itself on knowing where it was going: forward and toward a radiant future. That faith has not survived the transition to postcommunist rule. Instead, there is the trauma of loss of empire and of a coequal place in the world order; the shock of adjustment to unemployment, rising prices, and the other attributes of capitalism; and the emergence of social problems like organised crime on a scale that now exceeds that in the West.

This book derives from a conference that was held in December 1993, and the 1993 ...

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