book chapter

The verse and prose of post-totalitarianism: (the ex-Soviet Union in 1992-1994)

After the USSR: ethnicity, nationalism, and politics in the commonwealth of independent states • Madison, Wis. • Published In 1995 • Pages: 54-95

By: Khazanov, Anatoly M. (Anatoly Michailovich).

Abstract

This study contends that the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union did not bring about meaningful political and economic transformations in Russia. Instead, the net effect of all the sweeping changes that occurred starting in the early 1990s was the rise of "a post-totalitarian society, which is neither totalitarian like its communist predecessor nor liberal democratic." The author attributes this unanticipated outcome to Russia’s authoritarian political culture that reinforced top-down power, including excessive and arbitrary state control over the economy. The union lacked a strong tradition of civil society or other mechanisms for guaranteeing rule of law and constitutionally enshrined human rights. (See Khazanov [1995 “References”] for bibliographic references.)

Region

Europe

Sub Region

Eastern Europe

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Anthropologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019

Field Date

1990, 1992

Coverage Date

1991-1995

Coverage Place

Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Estonia; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russia; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan (former Soviet Union)

Notes

Anatoly M. Khazanov

for bibliograpical references, see document 104:Khazanov

LCCN

95005696

LCSH

Nationalism--Former Soviet republics