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This Book Is A Revised And Updated Version Of Revolution From Above: The Demise Of The Soviet System, Published By Routledge In 1997. Russia's Path From Gorbachev To Putin Carries The Analysis Of Post-soviet Russia Up To The Present And Also Makes Revisions In The Original Chapters. David M. Kotz And Fred Weir Challenge The Widespread Belief That Economic Collapse, Together With A Rejection Of Socialism By The Soviet Public, Led To The Soviet Demise. The Authors Interviewed More Than Fifty Former Soviet Government And Communist Party Leaders, Policy Advisors, Post-soviet Russian Political Figures, Businessmen, And Intellectuals.--jacket. Part I: The Soviet System: Socialism And The Soviet System -- Growth, Stagnation, And The Origins Of Perestroika. Part Ii: Perestroika And The Demise Of The Soviet System: Glasnost And The Intelligentsia -- Economic Reform -- Democratization -- The Party-state Elite And The Pro-capitalist Coalition -- The Struggle For Power. Part Iii: Immediate Aftermath Of The Soviet Demise: Shock Therapy -- The Results Of Shock Therapy -- Political Conflict. Part Iv: The New Russia: Privatization And The Rise Of The Oligarchs -- Depression, Financial Crisis, And Recovery -- From Yeltsin To Putin. Part V: The Soviet System And The Future Of Socialism: Lessons For The Future Of Socialism. David M. Kotz And Fred Weir. A Revised And Updated Version Of 'revolution From Above: The Demise Of The Soviet System', Routledge, 1997. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [302]-366) And Index.