This book is a comprehensive account of trends in Russian public opinion over the period 1988-94. Analysing data from Russian polling organizations, it covers the development of a professional polling industry and looks at changing popular moods; the depth of democratic values; attitudes towards political institutions; the attempt to introduce a free market economy and views about the loss of empire. Concluding sections consider attitudinal differences between social groups, and the impact of public opinion on postcommunist politics.

MATTHEW WYMAN

List of Tables - Introduction - Acknowledgements - The Development of Russian Public Opinion - The Mood of the Nation - Public Opinion and Soviet Political Institutions - Public Opinion and Post Communist Political Institutions - Continuity and Change in Russian Political Culture - Attitudes to the Union - Attitudes to a Market Economy - One Nation? - Public Opinion and Post Soviet Politics - Bibliography - Index