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Politics in Russia

ISBN: 9780321364821 | 0321364821
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
Focusing on institutions and processes and paying rigorous attention to scholarship, "Politics in Russia" is an authoritative overview of the Russian political system, now updated to reflect all of the most recent political events in Russia.
Prefaceix
Chapter 1 Rebuilding the Russian State1(30)
Four Domains of Change
10(13)
State Structure: From Soviet Union to Russian Fede... MORE
10(3)
Regime Change
13(5)
Economic Transformation
18(1)
The Question of Identity: Imperial Russia—USSR—Russian Federation
19(4)
Choices and Changes in Russian Politics
23(1)
Plan of the Book
24(7)
Chapter 2 The Soviet System and Its Demise31(23)
The Soviet Regime Before Gorbachev
32(15)
Gorbachev Comes to Power
44(3)
Political Institutions of the Transition Period: Demise of the USSR
47(7)
Chapter 3 Russia and the Post-Soviet Constitutional Order54(32)
The Russian Republic in the Transition Period
54(17)
1990-1993: Deepening Constitutional Conflict
55(3)
The 1993 Constitution and the Presidency
58(4)
The Government
62(2)
The Parliament
64(5)
Executive–Legislative Relations
69(1)
The Constitutional Court
70(1)
The Federal Dimension
71(15)
Chapter 4 Political Participation and Recruitment86(36)
Political Participation and Social Capital
86(7)
The Importance of Social Capital
87(1)
The Problem of "Dual Russia"
88(5)
Participation and Recruitment Under the Soviet Regime
93(6)
Channels of Mass Participation
93(4)
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Interlocking Directorates
97(1)
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Conclusions
98(1)
Surge and Ebb in Political Participation
99(11)
The Mobilization of Discontent
99(4)
Electoral Participation
103(7)
Elite Adaptation and Replacement
110(12)
Political Recruitment, Old and New
110(12)
Chapter 5 The Dynamics of Political Culture122(27)
The Concept of Political Culture
126(2)
Russian Political Culture in the Post-Soviet Period
128(3)
Soviet Political Socialization
131(5)
Support for Democratic Values
136(3)
Influences on Russian Political Culture in the Soviet Period
139(4)
Cultural Diversity Within Russia
143(6)
Chapter 6 Interest Groups and Political Parties149(43)
Interest Articulation: Statism Versus Pluralism
149(20)
Democrats, "Reds," and "Browns"
153(1)
Toward Pluralism
153(14)
New Sectors of Interest
167(2)
Interest Aggregation: Stalled Development of the Party System
169(23)
Party Ideologies
171(7)
Stalled Development of the Party System
178(1)
Elections and Party Development
178(5)
Party Strategies and the Social Bases of Party Support
183(2)
The Future of the Party System
185(7)
Chapter 7 The Politics of Partial Reform192(34)
The Dual Transition
192(34)
Stabilization
196(1)
From Communism to Capitalism
197(2)
Supporters and Opponents of Reform
199(1)
Consequences of Reform
200(3)
Privatization
203(11)
Economy and Society
214(2)
Social Conditions
216(3)
Putin's Dual Agenda
219(1)
Summing Up
220(6)
Chapter 8 Politics and Law226(37)
Democratization and the Rule of Law
226(21)
Judicial Reform
229(3)
The Procuracy
232(5)
The Judiciary
237(4)
The Constitutional Court
241(5)
Reforms in the Law Codes
246(1)
Obstacles to the Rule of Law
247(16)
Organized Crime and Corruption
252(4)
Conclusion
256(7)
Chapter 9 Russia and the International Community263(14)
Index277

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