Russia: Strategy, Policy and Administration

ISBN-13: 9781137566706 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 412 str.

Irvin Studin

Opis

This book examines how Russia, the world's most complicated country, is governed. As it resumes its place at the centre of global affairs, the book explores Russia's overarching strategies, and how it organizes itself (or not) in policy areas ranging from foreign policy and national security to health care, education, immigration, science, sport, agriculture, the environment and criminal justice. The book also discusses the structures and institutions on which Russia relies in order to deliver its goals in these areas of national life, as well as what's to be done, in policy terms, to improve the country's performance in its first post-Soviet century. Edited by Irvin Studin, the book includes contributions from a tremendous list of Russia's leading thinkers and specialists, including Alexei Kudrin, Vladimir Mau, Alexander Auzan, Simon Kordonsky, Fyodor Lukyanov, Natalia Zubarevich and Andrey Melville.

Recenzje

"Russia. strategy, policy and administration is a critical and ambitious book that goes beyond the surface to penetrate the complexities of the Russian government and its institutions while considering potential resolutions to current West-Russia tensions. ... The book remains necessary reading for anyone interested in understanding the post-Soviet Russian state and its uneasy relationship with the West and is an indispensable tool for students, researchers and Russian policymakers." (Farah Abou Harb, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 71 (2), May, 2019)

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction: Ten Theses on Russia in the 21st Century; Irvin Studin.- Part I: Russian Strategy and Statecraft.- Chapter 2: The Objectives and Principles of the Russian State in the 21st Century; Alexei Kudrin & Vladimir Mau.- Chapter 3: Russian Political Ideology and Philosophy; Andrei Melville.- Chapter 4. The Future of Russia’s Institutions; Alexander Auzan.- Chapter 5. Russian Federalism; Irina Busygina.- Chapter 6: The North Caucasus; Irina Starodubrovskaya.- Chapter 7: The Social Structure of Russia; Simon Kordonsky.- Chapter 8: Political Parties and Parliament; Alexander Kynev.- Chapter 9: Russian Media; Ilya Kiriya.- Chapter 10: Religion and the Russian Orthodox Church; Boris Knorre.- Chapter 11: Russian Civil Society; Irina Mersianova. Part II – Russian Public Policy.- Chapter 12. Foreign and Defence Policy; Fyodor Lukyanov.- Chapter 13: The Arctic; Alexander Sergunin & Valery Konyshev.- Chapter 14: National Security; Dmitry Baluev.- Chapter 15: International Economic Policy; Natalya Volchkova.- Chapter 16: Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Sergey Drobyshevsky, Georgiy Idrisov, Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev & Pavel Trunin.- Chapter 17: Industrial and Innovation Policy; Yuri Simachev & Mikhail Kuzyk.- Chapter 18: Infrastructure and Transportation; Mikhail Blinkin.- Chapter 19: Energy and Natural Resources; Valeriy Kryukov.- Chapter 20: Education; Tatiana Klyachko.- Chapter 21: Health Care; Sergey Shishkin.- Chapter 22: Food and Agriculture; Svetlana Barsukova.- Chapter 23: Population and Migration; Vladimir Malakhov & Mark Simon.- Chapter 24: Environment; Sergey Bobylev.- Chapter 25: Science; Irina Dezhina.- Chapter 26: Sport; Andrey Adelfinsky & Valeryi Anashvili.- Chapter 27: Culture; Vitaly Kurennoy & Rouslan Khestanov.- Chapter 28: Families; Sergei Zakharov.- Chapter 29: Criminal Justice, Leonid Kosals & Sergei Pavlenko.- Part III – Russian Administration: State Institutions, Structures and Processes.- Chapter 30. The Bureaucracy; Vladimir Yuzhakov & Elena Dobrolyubova.- Chapter 31: The Judicial System – Sergey Pashin.- Chapter 32: Regional and Local Government; Natalia Zubarevich.- Chapter 33: State Corporations; Viktor Dementiev.- 

O autorze

Irvin Studin is President of the Institute for 21st Century Questions and Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Global Brief magazine, Canada. Between 2014 and 2016, he was Professor of Public Policy in the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia. He is also co-founder of Ukraine’s Higher School of Public Administration.

Blurb

‘In this major book, Irvin Studin, one of his generation’s top international policy thinkers, brings together Russia’s leading thinkers and specialists to tell us about how this massive, mysterious, and hyper-complicated country, in its many dimensions, works and can, in very practical terms, be improved. Studin’s book is a must read for anyone who truly wants to understand Russian strategy, policy and administration beyond the surface level, and indeed for all those who want to learn where the world is headed in the first part of the 21st century."

– Hubert Védrine, former Foreign Minister of France

'The timing of this book could not have been better planned.  Irvin Studin has brought together some of Russia's top thinkers at a time where, more than ever, we need to revisit our understanding of Russia.  Irvin Studin's sharp and thoughtful analysis allows to better grasp the impact of Russia on international politics.'

– Jean Charest, former Premier of Quebec, and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

'Russia: Strategy, Policy and Administration features arguably the best indigenous experts on Russia’s domestic policies and arrangements as well as on the county’s foreign and defence policies.  It is an authoritative source of first-hand information about how leading Russian analysts and advisers analyze both the challenges and opportunities that Moscow faces today, and what Russia really thinks about the world at large - its past, present and future.  The book is essential reading for anyone interested in going beyond standard newspaper headlines to really understand not only Russia itself, but also some of the most important trends in global politics in the first quarter of the 21st century.’     

– Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, Moscow

This book examines how Russia, the world’s most complicated country, is governed. As it resumes its place at the centre of global affairs, the book explores Russia’s overarching strategies, and how it organizes itself (or not) in policy areas ranging from foreign policy and national security to health care, education, immigration, science, sport, agriculture, the environment and criminal justice. The book also discusses the structures and institutions on which Russia relies in order to deliver its goals in these areas of national life, as well as what’s to be done, in policy terms, to improve the country’s performance in its first post-Soviet century. Edited by Irvin Studin, the book includes contributions from a tremendous list of Russia’s leading thinkers and specialists, including Alexei Kudrin, Vladimir Mau, Alexander Auzan, Simon Kordonsky, Fyodor Lukyanov, Natalia Zubarevich and Andrey Melville. 

                                                                       

Irvin Studin is President of the Institute for 21st Century Questions and Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Global Brief magazine, Toronto. Between 2014 and 2016, he was Professor of Public Policy in the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia. He is also co-founder of Ukraine’s Higher School of Public Administration.