{"product_id":"destination-in-doubt-stephen-lovell-9781842776650","title":"Destination in Doubt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe enormously complex changes triggered by the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe were nowhere more ambiguous than in the heartland of the Soviet bloc, Russia itself. Here the population was divided on all the most fundamental questions of post-communist transition: economic reforms, the Communist Party, the borders of the state, even the definition of the Russian 'nation' itself. Russians also faced plummeting living standards and chronic uncertainty. In a matter of months, Russia was apparently demoted from 'evil empire' to despondent poor relation of the prosperous West. Yet the country also seemed alarmingly open to all manner of political outcomes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRussia deserves our attention now as much as ever, because it raises so many of the big questions about how societies operate in the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Lovell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1842776657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842776650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.45w x 0.43d","brand":"Stephen Lovell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44201955066111,"sku":"9781842776650","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16cdc815-4ea3-4e20-aa45-a20749ea62d3.jpg?v=1691492390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/destination-in-doubt-stephen-lovell-9781842776650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}