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Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Rebuilding the Russian State	p. 1
Four Domains of Change	p. 10
State Structure: From Soviet Union to Russian Federation	p. 10
Regime Change	p. 13
Economic Transformation	p. 18
The Question of Identity: Imperial Russia-USSR-Russian Federation	p. 19
Choices and Changes in Russian Politics	p. 23
Plan of the Book	p.... MORE 24
The Soviet System and Its Demise	p. 31
The Soviet Regime Before Gorbachev	p. 32
Gorbachev Comes to Power	p. 44
Political Institutions of the Transition Period: Demise of the USSR	p. 47
Russia and the Post-Soviet Constitutional Order	p. 54
The Russian Republic in the Transition Period	p. 54
1990-1993: Deepening Constitutional Conflict	p. 55
The 1993 Constitution and the Presidency	p. 58
The Government	p. 62
The Parliament	p. 64
Executive-Legislative Relations	p. 69
The Constitutional Court	p. 70
The Federal Dimension	p. 71
Political Participation and Recruitment	p. 86
Political Participation and Social Capital	p. 86
The Importance of Social Capital	p. 87
The Problem of "Dual Russia"	p. 88
Participation and Recruitment Under the Soviet Regime	p. 93
Channels of Mass Participation	p. 93
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Interlocking Directorates	p. 97
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Conclusions	p. 98
Surge and Ebb in Political Participation	p. 99
The Mobilization of Discontent	p. 99
Electoral Participation	p. 103
Elite Adaptation and Replacement	p. 110
Political Recruitment, Old and New	p. 110
The Dynamics of Political Culture	p. 122
The Concept of Political Culture	p. 126
Russian Political Culture in the Post-Soviet Period	p. 128
Soviet Political Socialization	p. 131
Support for Democratic Values	p. 136
Influences on Russian Political Culture in the Soviet Period	p. 139
Cultural Diversity Within Russia	p. 143
Interest Groups and Political Parties	p. 149
Interest Articulation: Statism Versus Pluralism	p. 149
Democrats, "Reds," and "Browns"	p. 153
Toward Pluralism	p. 153
New Sectors of Interest	p. 167
Interest Aggregation: Stalled Development of the Party System	p. 169
Party Ideologies	p. 171
Stalled Development of the Party System	p. 178
Elections and Party Development	p. 178
Party Strategies and the Social Bases of Party Support	p. 183
The Future of the Party System	p. 185
The Politics of Partial Reform	p. 192
The Dual Transition	p. 192
Stabilization	p. 196
From Communism to Capitalism	p. 197
Supporters and Opponents of Reform	p. 199
Consequences of Reform	p. 200
Privatization	p. 203
Economy and Society	p. 214
Social Conditions	p. 216
Putin's Dual Agenda	p. 219
Summing Up	p. 220
Politics and Law	p. 226
Democratization and the Rule of Law	p. 226
Judicial Reform	p. 229
The Procuracy	p. 232
The Judiciary	p. 237
The Constitutional Court	p. 241
Reforms in the Law Codes	p. 246
Obstacles to the Rule of Law	p. 247
Organized Crime and Corruption	p. 252
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