Contemporary Russian Politics: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780745631363 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 304 str.

Neil Robinson;Gareth Schott

Opis

Vladimir Putin s return to the Kremlin for a third presidential term in 2012 has seen Russian democracy further weaken and Russia s relations with the West seriously deteriorate. Yet within Russia Putin s position remains unchallenged and his foreign policy battles have received widespread public support.

Spis treści

• Tables and Figures
• Glossary
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Change and continuity in Russian politics
• Chapter 2 The Soviet system
• Chapter 3 Perestroika and the fall of the USSR
• Chapter 4: Yeltsin and the politics of crisis
• Chapter 5 Putinism, reform and retrenchment
• Chapter 6: Presidency and parliaments
• Chapter 7: Russian federalism
• Chapter 8: Political parties and opposition
• Chapter 9: Elections and voters
• Chapter 10: The new Russian political economy
• Chapter 11: Russia and the world
• Chapter 12: What kind of polity is Russia?
• References

O autorze

Neil Robinson is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Limerick.