Gorbachev, Yeltsin, & Putin by Archie Brown

Gorbachev, Yeltsin, & Putin by Archie Brown

This volume analyzes various aspects of the political leadership during the collapse of the Soviet Union and formation of a new Russia. Comparing the rule of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin, the book reflects upon their goals, governing style, and sources of influence--as well as factors that influenced their activities and complicated them too. Contents Introduction Archie Brown Transformational Leaders Compared: Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin Archie Brown Evaluating Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders George W. Breslauer From Yeltsin to Putin: The Evolution of Presidential Power Lilia Shevtsova Political Leadership and the Center-Periphery Struggle: Putin's Administrative Reforms Eugene Huskey Conclusion Lilia Shevtsova

Lilia Shevtsova is a senior associate at the Carnegie Moscow Center, where she chairs the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program. She is also an associate fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). Shevtsova is the author of Yeltsin's Russia: Myths and Reality; Putin's Russia; Russia: Lost in Transition; and Lonely Power, all from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Andrew Wood is an associate fellow at Chatham House and a consultant to a number of companies with an interest in Russia. He was the British ambassador to Russia from 1995 to 2000.