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Full Description
The only Reader on post-Soviet Russian politics, this important book brings together the best published work from a wide variety of sources. Unusually for a Reader, it also includes many up-to-date, specially commissioned contributions. Some forty of the world's leading specialists on Russian politics, a third of them Russians, cover institutional design, elections, parties, federalism, regional politics, presidency and legislature, economic reform and economic interests, foreign policy, public opinion, the mass media, and prospects for democracy.
Substantial editorial introductions to every section provide the student with essential background information, detailing the historical development, contemporary relevance, and current debates for each topic area and each individual chapter. The chapters themselves have been carefully selected and edited to be as useful and relevant as possible to all students of contemporary Russian politics,
With analysis of major recent developments, including the Duma election of 1999, the Presidential election of 2000, and the institutional changes launched by President Putin, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to political institutions and processes in Putin's Russia.
Contents
INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN ; THE PRESIDENCY AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP ; THE LEGISLATURE AND THE LAW ; ELECTIONS AND THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM ; PROBLEMS OF PARTY FORMATION AND CONSOLIDATION ; ECONOMIC REFORM: POLITICS, INTERESTS, AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES ; PUBLIC OPINION, POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND THE MASS MEDIA ; RUSSIAN STATEHOOD AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION ; FEDERALISM, REGIONALISM, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ; RUSSIA AND THE WORLD ; THE RUSSIAN TRANSITION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ; IS RUSSIA BECOMING A DEMOCRACY?
