Russia's capitalist revolution : why market reform succeeded and democracy failed

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Russian Federation map -- Introduction -- Definitions of Democracy and Market Economy -- Theses of This Book -- The Structure of This Book -- Chapter 1 Perestroika-The Great Awakening: 1985-87 -- Why Perestroika Started -- Mikhail Gorbachev and the Outstanding Provincials -- Early Perestroika: Cautious Economic Reforms to Boost Growth -- Glasnost: Shattering All Illusions -- New Thinking on Foreign Policy -- Why Gorbachev's Attempt at Chinese Reforms Failed -- Special photo section -- An Untenable Mix of Changes -- Chapter 2 The Collapse: 1988-91 -- Elite Division: Yeltsin, Ligachev, and Gorbachev Part Company -- Democratization -- National Revival and Disputes -- The Demise of the Plan and the Rise of Rent Seeking -- A Parade of Reform Programs -- Collapse of the Outer Empire -- Economic Collapse -- Political Collapse: Yeltsin at His Peak -- An Overdetermined Collapse -- Chapter 3 Revolution: 1991-93 -- Yeltsin's Assumption of Power -- Dissolution of the Soviet Union -- Attempt at Radical Market Reform -- Parlimentary Revolt Against the President -- Ambitious Mass Privatization -- Abortive Financial Stabilization -- Failure of the West to Act -- Dissolution of the Parliament and Shootout at the White House -- Great Achievements but Mixed Results -- Chapter 4 The Rise and Fall of State Enterprise Managers: 1994-95 -- The New Constitution -- The December 1993 Elections and the End of the Reform Government -- The State Enterprise Managers -- The Making of Gazprom -- Precarious Financial Stabilization -- The Rise of Organized Crime -- The First Chechnya War -- Halt of Reform Exacerbated Social Costs -- Chapter 5 The Oligarchy: 1996-98 -- Who Were the Oligarchs? -- The Loans-for-Shares Privatization -- The 1996 Presidential Elections: Oligarchs and Reformers United.