{"product_id":"revolutionary-passage-marc-garcelon-9781592133611","title":"Revolutionary Passage: From Soviet to Post-Soviet Russia","description":"\"Revolutionary Passage\" is a cultural, social, and political history of Russia during its critical period of transformation at the end of the twentieth century. Marc Garcelon traces the history of \"perestroika\" and the rise of Vladimir Putin, arguing that the pressure Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms put on the Soviet system gave birth to movements for democratic change. He also shows that the very political arrangements that prompted the fall of Communism also killed hopes for subsequent reform. At the turning point of this political revolution stood Democratic Russia, or \"DemRossiia,\" the principal organization of the Russian democratic movement that helped to dismantle the Soviet system and force the Soviet leadership to change course. However, as post-Soviet Russia committed itself to globalization and U.S.-style economic reforms, the country directed itself away from the Democratic reforms called for by organizations like \"DemRossiia,\" and such groups collapsed. \"Revolutionary Passage\" provides a close examination of the \"DemRossiia.\" Garcelon deftly illuminates the rise and decline of this organization, and how the processes of revolutionary change impacted both Russia and the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Garcelon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592133614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592133611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.12w x 0.96d","brand":"Marc Garcelon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065727299839,"sku":"9781592133611","price":81.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71b23aa9-a3db-4799-b4a4-0951fef7d8e3.jpg?v=1768676860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/revolutionary-passage-marc-garcelon-9781592133611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}