Gorbachev, Yeltsin, & Putin : Political Leadership in Russia's Transition

Foreword vii Jessica T. Mathews Preface ix Introduction 1(10) Archie Brown Transformational Leaders Compared: Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin 11(34) Archie Brown Evaluating Gorbachev and Yeltsin as Leaders 45(22) George W. Breslauer From Yeltsin to Putin: The Evolution of Presidential Power 67(46) Lilia Shevtsova Political Leadership and the Center-Periphery Struggle: Putin's Administrative Reforms 113(30) Eugene Huskey Conclusion 143(10) Lilia Shevtsova Index 153(8) Contributors 161(2) The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 163