TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Waiting For Reform Under Putin and Medvedev A2 - Jonson, L. A2 - Jonson, L. A2 - White, S. A2 - White, S. LA - English PP - London PB - Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan YR - 2012 ED - 1st ed. 2012. UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-1-137-01120-6 AB - In September 2009 Dmitrii Medvedev unveiled the term that was to become the defining objective of his presidency: 'modernization.' The contributors to this book, drawn from the leading scholars in Russian affairs, focus on the contested nature of the concept of modernization and the obstacles that arose in attempting to carry it out. OP - 252 CN - JN1-9692.2 SN - 9781137011206 KW - Europe—Politics and government. KW - Political science. KW - United States—Politics and government. KW - European Politics. KW - Political Science. KW - US Politics. ER -