Atjaunināt sīkdatņu piekrišanu

New Russia [Hardback]

3.36/5 (195 ratings by Goodreads)
Translated by ,
  • Formāts: Hardback, 400 pages, height x width x depth: 231x160x43 mm, weight: 907 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 27-May-2016
  • Izdevniecība: Polity Press
  • ISBN-10: 1509503870
  • ISBN-13: 9781509503872
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
  • Hardback
  • Cena: 29,93 €*
  • * ši ir gala cena, t.i., netiek piemērotas nekādas papildus atlaides
  • Standarta cena: 35,21 €
  • Ietaupiet 15%
  • Grāmatu piegādes laiks ir 3-4 nedēļas, ja grāmata ir uz vietas izdevniecības noliktavā. Ja izdevējam nepieciešams publicēt jaunu tirāžu, grāmatas piegāde var aizkavēties.
  • Daudzums:
  • Ielikt grozā
  • Piegādes laiks - 4-6 nedēļas
  • Pievienot vēlmju sarakstam
New RussiaPalielināt
  • Formāts: Hardback, 400 pages, height x width x depth: 231x160x43 mm, weight: 907 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 27-May-2016
  • Izdevniecība: Polity Press
  • ISBN-10: 1509503870
  • ISBN-13: 9781509503872
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
Permanent link: https://www.kriso.lv/db/9781509503872.html
Keywords:
After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putins motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail Gorbachev. In this new work, Russias elder statesman draws on his wealth of knowledge and experience to reveal the development of Putins regime and the intentions behind it. He argues that Putin has significantly diminished the achievements of perestroika and is part of an over-centralized system that presents a precarious future for Russia. Faced with this, Gorbachev advocates a radical reform of politics and a new fostering of pluralism and social democracy.

Gorbachevs insightful analysis moves beyond internal politics to address wider problems in the region, including the Ukraine conflict, as well as the global challenges of poverty and climate change. Above all else, he insists that solutions are to be found by returning to the atmosphere of dialogue and cooperation which was so instrumental in ending the Cold War. 

This book represents the summation of Gorbachevs thinking on the course that Russia has taken since 1991 and stands as a testament to one of the greatest and most influential statesmen of the twentieth century.

Recenzijas

"This is a reminder of how vast was [ Gorbachev's] achievement in allowing in the light of freedom. Where his contemporary, Nelson Mandela, was great beyond the whites' deserts in building a post-apartheid nation, Mr Gorbachev was great beyond the deserts of the Soviet Union (and perhaps even of the west, which could barely understand or trust him) in proposing a way for the despotic world to aspire to democratic governance, freely organised civil society and rule of law. That he failed, he keenly knows. Our best hope is that his ideas, in time, succeed." Financial Times

"There are not many good books on new Russia. Mikhail Gorbachevs The New Russia is probably the best book in many years. It is packed with knowledge, analysis, and new perspective on Russia." Washington Book Review

"CompellingAn important book for understanding the shape of the world today." Choice

"He has produced a reflection full of an earnest desire that former enemies understand each other and find common ground in a febrile world. This is a reminder of how vast his achievement was in allowing in the light of freedom." Financial Times

"Even-handed and measured, the memoir places Gorbachev's concern for the Russian population, the rule of law, and the principles of democracy at the centre, offering a cautionary tale that speaks directly to contemporary issues." Canadian Journal of History

Preface: Perestroika and the Future ix
Trying to Bury Me
1(14)
I After Perestroika
The 1990s: Defending Perestroika
15(8)
My last day in the Kremlin
15(5)
A new beginning, without presidential immunity
20(3)
Shock Therapy
23(39)
The search for a scapegoat, threats
25(3)
The Gorbachev Foundation: its first reports
28(1)
December 1991: politics and morality
29(5)
Salvation in work
34(2)
Attempts to `destabilize' me
36(2)
The `Trial of the CPSU'
38(5)
First results of shock therapy
43(1)
A year after the coup
44(1)
My stance
45(9)
The slide towards social catastrophe
54(3)
On the brink of crisis
57(5)
Fateful Decisions, Fateful Days
62(14)
A state of emergency is not the way to stability
70(4)
Defects of the new constitution
74(2)
1994 Gets Off to a Bad Start
76(20)
Economists advise, but the government is not listening
78(4)
Nikita Khrushchev: lessons in courage and lessons from mistakes
82(3)
The Union could have been saved
85(1)
The economy: what now?
86(1)
Meetings in the regions
87(3)
Chechnya: a war that could have been avoided
90(6)
1995: 10 Years of Perestroika
96(6)
The intelligentsia
96(2)
Government and society
98(4)
The Need for an Alternative
102(18)
Breaking through the conspiracy of silence
107(7)
Letters relating to the 1996 presidential election campaign
114(2)
Discrediting elections
116(4)
The Final Years of the Millennium
120(21)
The Gorbachev Foundation's `First Five-Year Plan'
120(4)
The elections fail to bring stability
124(3)
The storm breaks in 1998
127(3)
How to come out of the crisis?
130(3)
Letters of support
133(2)
Raisa Gorbacheva
135(6)
II Whither Russia?
Putin: The Beginning
141(59)
The new president: hopes, problems, fears
145(2)
What is Glasnost?
147(2)
The heavy burden of the presidency
149(3)
My social democratic choice
152(4)
Russia needs social democracy
156(6)
Issues and more issues
162(6)
The zero years of the 2000s?
168(4)
The Yukos affair
172(3)
A party of new bureaucrats
175(5)
A second presidential term: what for?
180(11)
A new direction, or more of the same?
191(9)
Full of Contradictions: The First Decade of the New Millennium
200(62)
New elections
200(3)
Democracy in distress
203(10)
Operation Successor
213(4)
Ideas and people
217(4)
Saakashvili's adventure and the West: my reaction
221(8)
Ordeal by global crisis
229(6)
Defending the credo of Perestroika
235(6)
Disturbing trends
241(5)
My 80th birthday
246(6)
Russian politics in a quandary
252(6)
A new Era of Stagnation?
258(4)
The Presidential `Reshuffle' and the Duma Elections
262(31)
For fair elections!
265(7)
Society awakens
272(4)
A decision to tighten the screws
276(5)
Some letters of support in recent years
281(6)
The need for dialogue between the government and society
287(6)
III Today's Uneasy World
The Relevance of New Thinking
293(27)
Challenges of globalization
296(3)
The challenge of security
299(2)
Ban the bomb!
301(5)
Consequences of NATO expansion
306(3)
The world after 9/11
309(5)
Poverty is a political problem
314(6)
Responding to the Environmental Challenge
320(15)
The water crisis
325(2)
The threat of climate change
327(2)
We need a new model of development
329(6)
Meetings in America
335(27)
George Shultz and Ronald Reagan
335(11)
Partners should be equal
346(4)
The role of the United States in the world
350(3)
`America needs its own Perestroika'
353(4)
The election of Obama
357(5)
The Future of Europe
362(25)
Germany
367(11)
On a solid foundation
378(4)
Major figures in European politics
382(5)
Looking East
387(9)
China
387(6)
Russia and Japan
393(3)
Simmering Regions
396(15)
Egypt and Syria
396(5)
Russia and Ukraine
401(5)
History is not fated
406(5)
Conclusion 411(19)
Reflections of an Optimist 430(5)
Index 435
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Part from 1985 to 1991. Since then, he has maintained an active role in world affairs through the Gorbachev Foundation, a non-profit think tank which promotes democracy and humanitarian initiatives globally.