Contemplating Collapse and “Democracy” in Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401119 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martha Merritt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 351-364 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500026668 |
| OpenAlex | W2132654528 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Political science is uncomfortable with collapse, given the discipline's reliance upon stable political institutions and the presumably thick soup of political culture in which they stand. Even after Barrington Moore's classic study of revolution, the lingering question ofWhy did the state collapse when it did? troubles those who failed to anticipate profound change; but this rarely inhibits the accusation that ideological opponents made an even poorer job of prediction. In this respect the last six years in the study of Russian politics have been very lively
Democracy · False accusation · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 1998 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |