| Russia's
Liberal Project analyzes the demise of Communism in Soviet Russia
and the effort to establish a liberal democracy in post-Communist
Russia as part of a single decade-long project of institutionalizing
political liberalism. This project involves the formation of a civil
society, the consolidation of a multiparty parliamentary system, the
construction of an effective state structure built on liberal principles,
and the formation of a post-Communist political culture.
Revealing the dynamic among these four components of the project,
Weigle shows that, in the absence of a well-connected civil society,
an effective political party system, and a liberal political culture,
the Russian state was charged with establishing the foundations
of a post-Communist liberal democracy. Although liberal institutions
have been tentatively established, the weak social and cultural
supports for the state-led transition threaten the future success
of Russia's liberal project. |
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