Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1. The Revolutionary Transition from Communism to Democracy: A Model 1
6. Part 1. The Gorbachev Era, 1985–1991
7. 2 . Gorbachev’s Design for Reforming Soviet Political Institutions 33
8. 3. The End of the Soviet Union 61
9. Part 2. The First Russian Republic, 1991–1993
10. 4. Institutional Design in the First Russian Republic 121
11. 5. The Failure of the First Russian Republic 161
12. Part 3. The Emergence of the Second Russian Republic, 1993–1996
13. 6. Designing the Political Institutions of the Second Republic 207
14. 7. Transitional Constitutionalism 228
15. 8. Transitional Electoralism 265
16. Part 4. The Future of Russian Democracy
17. 9. The Quality of Russian Democracy 309
18. 10. The Stability of Partial Democracy 338
19. Index 373