Politics in Russia

ISBN 13:
9780321364821
ISBN 10:
0321364821
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Longman
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Summary

Focusing on institutions and processes while paying rigorous attention to scholarship, Politics in Russia, Fourth Edition, provides an authoritative overview of the Russian political system. Book jacket.

Preface

Chapter 1 Rebuilding the Russian State

(30)

Four Domains of Change

(13)

State Structure: From Soviet Union to Russian Federation

(3)

Regime Change

(5)

Economic Transformation

(1)

The Question of Identity: Imperial Russia—USSR—Russian Federation

(4)

Choices and Changes in Russian Politics

(1)

Plan of the Book

(7)

Chapter 2 The Soviet System and Its Demise

(23)

The Soviet Regime Before Gorbachev

(15)

Gorbachev Comes to Power

(3)

Political Institutions of the Transition Period: Demise of the USSR

(7)

Chapter 3 Russia and the Post-Soviet Constitutional Order

(32)

The Russian Republic in the Transition Period

(17)

1990-1993: Deepening Constitutional Conflict

(3)

The 1993 Constitution and the Presidency

(4)

The Government

(2)

The Parliament

(5)

Executive–Legislative Relations

(1)

The Constitutional Court

(1)

The Federal Dimension

(15)

Chapter 4 Political Participation and Recruitment

(36)

Political Participation and Social Capital

(7)

The Importance of Social Capital

(1)

The Problem of "Dual Russia"

(5)

Participation and Recruitment Under the Soviet Regime

(6)

Channels of Mass Participation

(4)

Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Interlocking Directorates

(1)

Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Conclusions

(1)

Surge and Ebb in Political Participation

(11)

The Mobilization of Discontent

(4)

Electoral Participation

103

(7)

Elite Adaptation and Replacement

110

(12)

Political Recruitment, Old and New

110

(12)

Chapter 5 The Dynamics of Political Culture

122

(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 Parties

149

(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 Reform

192

(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 Law

226

(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 Community

263

(14)

Index

277

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