Russian politics and society /
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| Author / Creator: | Sakwa, Richard |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1993. |
| Description: | x, 506 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1551293 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface to the third edition
- Acknowledgements
- Note on style, spelling and transliteration
- Glossary of acronyms, acrostics and terms
- Part I. The fall of communism and the rebirth of Russia
- 1. Soviet communism and its dissolution
- The Soviet system
- Perestroika
- The emergence of Russia
- Popular insurgency and regime decay
- Conclusion
- 2. The disintegration of the USSR
- The August coup
- The disintegration of the USSR
- Problems of state-building
- Conclusion
- Part II. Political institutions and processes
- 3. The new constitutional order
- Crisis and culminations: October 1993
- The 1993 constitution
- The Constitutional Court
- Constitutionalism, law and the state
- Conclusion
- 4. Law and society
- The legal system
- Crime and the mafia
- Corruption and metacorruption
- The security apparatus and politics
- Human and civil rights
- Conclusion
- 5. The executive
- The presidency
- The government
- Public administration: from nomenklatura to civil service?
- Conclusion
- 6. The legislature
- The State Duma
- The Federation Council (FC)
- Parliamentarianism and Russian politics
- Conclusion
- 7. Electoral politics
- The experience of elections
- Elections and the Russian political system
- Conclusion
- 8. Party development
- Stages of party development
- Parties and the multi-party system
- Problems of social representation
- Conclusion
- Part III. Federalism, regionalism and nationalism
- 9. Federalism and the state
- Ethno-federalism and its legacy
- Russian federalism
- Conclusion
- 10. Regional and local politics
- The organisation of power
- Federalism and regional politics
- Local self-government
- Conclusion
- 11. National identity and state-building
- From empire to state
- Russian national identity
- State-building
- Conclusion
- Part IV. Economy and society
- 12. Marketising the economy
- The road to the market
- Problems of the Russian economy
- Evaluation of market reform
- Conclusion
- 13. Society and social movements
- Social structure and dynamics
- Welfare and incomes
- Social movements
- Conclusion
- 14. Cultural transformation
- The media
- Culture and the intelligentsia
- Religion and the state
- Political culture and public opinion
- The crisis of values
- Conclusion
- Part V. Foreign policies
- 15. Foreign policy
- The evolution of foreign policy
- The structure of policy-making
- The debate over foreign policy
- Russia and the world
- Conclusion
- 16. Commonwealth, community and fragmentation
- The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- Security and peacekeeping
- Minorities and Russians abroad
- Conclusion
- 17. Defence and security policy
- The end of the Soviet armed forces
- The great retreat
- Defence conversion and arms sales
- Nuclear politics and non-proliferation
- Military reform
- Civil-military relations
- Military and security doctrine
- Security policy and Nato enlargement
- Conclusion
- Part VI. Dilemmas of democratisation
- 18. Problems of transition
- The challenge of history
- Transitional justice
- Models of transition
- Conclusion
- 19. Pluralism, elites, regime and leadership
- Russian pluralism
- Old and new elites
- Regime politics
- Leadership and regime change
- Conclusion
- 20. Democracy in Russia
- Democracy, liberalism and the Russian state
- A struggling democracy?
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index