Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin: political leadership in Russia's transition

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.