Large Paperback, Good Condition, Page Clipped, 1993, 358 pages, ISBN 0 521 54896 X

After Gorbachev – Stephen White

Dramatic and confusing changes in what used to be the Soviet Union have transformed the world in which we live. Communist rule has given way to multiparty politics; a command economy is being painfully privatised; almost every social and cultural value has been over turned; and Gorbachev’s perestroika has now been swept away by a variety of conservative and nationalist parties.

This fourth edition of Stephen White’s best-selling introductory text has been revised throughout and now examines the full cycle of this period of revolutionary change from its Brezhnevite origins to post-communist disintegration. A new final chapter charts the first turbulent years of Yeltsin’s troubled presidency and the background to his racial policies; and describes both a new role for Russia in the world, and the nature of opposition at home. Professor White pays particular attention to the issies surrounding constitutional reform, and to the confused outcome of the 1993 referendum.

Clearly written but detailed and authoritative, After Gorbachev, like its predecessors, will continue to provide an unrivalled guide to seething processes of transition, upheaval and collapse which now characterise Russia and the post-Soviet republics. It will remain essential reading for students seeking to understand the politics and recent history of Russia and of its Eurasian and East European neighbours.