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Liberal reforms under an illiberal regime. The creation of private property in Russia in 1906-1915.

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Liberal reforms under an illiberal regime. The creation of private property in Russia in 1906-1915.
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The book by the American lawyer Stephen Williams tells how, beginning in 1906, on the eve of the World War and the catastrophic revolution, the Russian government undertook what was probably the most massive “privatization” in history, radically changing the property regime under which 90 million peasants lived. The author’s study of property rights reforms reveals the strengths and weaknesses of radical reforms aimed at creating a liberal democracy and carried out by a government that can in no way be characterized as either liberal or democratic. S. Williams seeks answers to the questions: can a truly liberal reform be successfully implemented “from above,” or must it be carried out through “grassroots” activity by forming public groups that wrest concessions from the state? Or is liberal democracy a product of exceptional historical circumstances and cannot be created anywhere except in a small number of countries? The author examines the impact of Stolypin's reform on economic productivity and social relations, as well as the weaknesses of the authoritarian reform process - the political passivity of interested groups of the population, the vagueness of basic rights and the risk of limiting oneself to half measures.
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