Contemporary Russian Politics: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780745631370 / Angielski / Miękka / 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.

Recenzje

An up–to–date and analytically fresh perspective on the political development of post–Soviet Russia.
It should be required reading for all Russian politics courses.
Paul Chaisty, University of Oxford

Anyone seriously interested in understanding contemporary Russian politics should read this book. Combining
masterful synthesis of historical detail with original and cogent analysis, Robinson skilfully escorts the reader
through the opaque inner workings of the Russian political system. A welcome alternative to the usual fare of
shrill and shallow, Putin–obsessed texts, it will become a classroom standard.
Gerald M. Easter, Boston College

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.