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Crafting Democracy: How Novgorod Has Coped with Rapid Social Change

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2006

Karen Dawisha
Karen Dawisha
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Miami University
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Crafting Democracy: How Novgorod Has Coped with Rapid Social Change. By Nicolai N. Petro. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004. 255p. $39.95.

In examining the reasons why Russia is now having problems making the transition to democracy, many scholars cite the absence of a democratic past. Seeing Russia as a country unremittingly ruled by authoritarian leaders, analysts increasingly are viewing Vladimir Putin's turn away from democracy as “natural” and part of Russians' yearning for a ruler with a “strong hand.”

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BOOK REVIEWS: COMPARATIVE POLITICS
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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 214 - 215
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© 2006 American Political Science Association

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