Resumen:

Russia's Future: Consolidation or Disintegration? : Will Russia continue its process of fragmentation and decay, or will it manage to achieve lasting stability and cohesion? This timely and provocative book examines the chief dilemma facing Russia today, analyzing the factors likely to affect its resolution. Individual chapters focus on ideology and identity, party formation, elite politics, regionalism, labor and economic reform, civil-military relations, and foreign policy. The authors evaluate trends in each area, considering their implications for the disintegration of consolidation of the post-Soviet state. SC, 173 pages.