15. Yeltsin as an Autocrat: The “Constitutional Crisis of 1993” as the Beginning of the End of Russian Democracy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Photos ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Contributors xiii
6. Note to Readers xv
7. Alexander Yuriev xvi
8. Dedication Alexander Ivanovich Yuriev (1942–2020) xix
9. Alexander Yuriev xxxi
10. Preface xxxiii
11. Marilyn Young at a Political Communication Conference xlviii
12. Introduction to Volume Two xlix
13. Yeltsin and Gorbachev lvii
14. Part One: Framework for Understanding the Immediate Post-Soviet Political Environment: Ecological Depredation, Economic Challenges, the Press, and National Identity
15. Yeltsin Standing on a Tank 1991 1
16. 1. A New Day for the Soviet Environment 4
17. 2. The Former Soviet Union Leaves Environmental Legacy of Shame 7
18. 3. Review of Environmental Management in the Soviet Union by Philip R. Pryde 9
19. 4. Russian Scientists Struggle to Survive 14
20. 5. Review of The Russian Press from Brezhnev to Yeltsin: Behind the Paper Curtain by John Murray 23
21. 6. Argumentation, Globalization, and the New Nationalism: Implications and New Directions 25
22. Part Two: Politics and Political Argumentation during the Yeltsin Years
23. 7. Democratization and Cultures of Communication: The Mission of the International Center for the Advancement of Political Communication and Argumentation 31
24. 8. The Role of Public Argument in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of the December 12, 1993, Elections in the Russian Federation 43
25. 9. Analysis of Political Argumentation and Party Campaigning Prior to the 1993 and 1995 State Duma Elections: Lessons Learned and Not Learned 62
26. 10. Argument and Political Party Formulations: A Continuing Case Study of Democratization in the Russian Federation 88
27. 11. Russian Electoral Politics and the Search for National Identity 100
28. Yeltsin Campaign Photograph 129
29. Runoff Election Sample Ballot 130
30. Choose or Lose—Campaign Button 131
31. Choose or Lose—T-shirt Front 132
32. Choose or Lose—T-shirt Back 133
33. Choose or Lose—Globe and Barbed Wire 134
34. Choose or Lose—Jeans Jacket and Prison Garb 135
35. 12. Frameworks for Russian Identity: Arguing the Past, Defining the Future 136
36. 13. Historical Metaphor and the Search for National Identity in Russia 146
37. 14. Russia’s First Elected President Buries Its Last Czar: Reclaiming Cultural Memory in the Search for National Identity 155
38. Part Three: Yeltsin’s Multiple Political Profiles (The Three Faces of Boris)
39. 15. Yeltsin as an Autocrat: The “Constitutional Crisis of 1993” as the Beginning of the End of Russian Democracy 165
40. Shelling of the White House 201
41. 16. Yeltsin as a Democrat: A Lexical Content Analysis of His Presidential Addresses to the Federal Assembly 1994–1999 204
42. 17. Yeltsin as a Man of the People: A Case Study of His Campaign Rhetoric during the 1996 Russian Presidential Election 228
43. Yeltsin on the Campaign Trail “It is still not easy living in Russia” 265
44. Part Four: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
45. Clinton and Yeltsin Shaking Hands 267
46. 18. Ten Years of Frustration: Transitional Rhetoric and Democratization in the Russian Federation 269
47. 19. The Fear of Politics and the Politics of Fear in Russia— Images in the US Media 289
48. 20. Echoes of Berlin 1989: Post-Soviet Discourse and the Rhetoric of National Unity 301
49. 21. Foreign Policy Challenges and The Historical “Anchors” of Russian Federation Foreign Policy after September 11, 2001 331
50. Alexei Salmin 350
51. 22. Instant Democracy: Rhetorical Crises and the Russian Federation, 1991–2007 351
52. Yeltsin and Putin in the President’s Office 366
53. Afterword 367
54. Bibliography 371
55. Index 399