Russias Capitalist Revolution or Public Speaking for College and Career

Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed

Author: Anders Aslund

Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed focuses on the transformation from Soviet Russia to Russia as a market economy and explores why the country has failed to transform into a democracy. It examines the period from 1985, when Mikhail Gorbachev became the Soviet Union's Secretary General of the Communist Party, to the present Russia of Vladimir Putin. Åslund provides a broad overview of Russia's economic change, highlighting the most important issues and their subsequent resolutions, including Russia's inability to sort out the ruble zone during its revolution, several failed coups, the financial crash of August 1998, and the last round of Russian elections in 2003/2004.

What People Are Saying

Richard Pipes
"Anders Åslund's Russia's Capitalist Revolution is an exceptionally well-informed account of Russia's tortuous evolution since the reforms of Gorbachev."--(Richard Pipes, Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History Emeritus, Harvard University)

Michael McFaul
"The central paradox about contemporary Russia is why capitalism has taken root, but democracy has not. Åslund provides a crisp, comprehensive, and compelling answer. Russia's Capitalist Revolution will become a classic overnight...."--(Michael McFaul, Director, Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University)

Simon Johnson
"Anders Åslund has done for the collapse of Russian communism what E. H. Carr did for the Bolshevik Revolution."--(Simon Johnson, Director, Research Department, International Monetary Fund)

Books about economics: Managerial Economics or Business Analysis and Valuation

Public Speaking for College and Career

Author: Hamilton Gregory

The fourth edition of this successful public speaking text once agian offers a cohesive focus on career and community applications. The book features 30 "Tips for Your Career" sections,which offer practical advice for job-related speaking situations and a separate chapter on controlling nervousness (stagefright). This edition continues to emphasize ethnic and cultural diversity throughout and strengthens its coverage of ethics and new technology.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	Introduction to Public Speaking	1
Ch. 2	Listening	25
Ch. 3	Controlling Nervousness	43
Ch. 4	Reaching the Audience	63
Ch. 5	Selecting Topic, Purpose, and Central Idea	89
Ch. 6	Finding Information	113
Ch. 7	Supporting Your Ideas	145
Ch. 8	Visual Aids	167
Ch. 9	The Body of the Speech	201
Ch. 10	Introductions and Conclusions	223
Ch. 11	Outlining the Speech	247
Ch. 12	Wording the Speech	271
Ch. 13	Delivering the Speech	295
Ch. 14	Speaking to Inform	325
Ch. 15	Speaking to Persuade	347
Ch. 16	Persuasive Strategies	369
Ch. 17	Special Types of Speeches	401
Ch. 18	Speaking in Groups	417
App. A	Speaking in Front of a Camera	435
App. B	Sample Speeches	439
	Notes	445
	Photo Credits	453
	Index	455