Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society

ISBN-13: 9781032110523 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 608 str.

Opis

This second edition of the highly respected Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society provides both a broad overview of the area and highlights cutting-edge research into the country.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction  1. Introduction  2. The Yeltsin era  3. The Putin era  4. Democratisation  5. How Russia compares  Part 2: Politics  6. Vladimir Putin: Great leader or ordinary authoritarian?  7. The Russian Constitution  8. The Presidency  9. The Federal Assembly: More than just a "rubber stamp"?  10. National elections in Russia  11. State intervention and Russia’s frozen dominant party system  12. Local government  13. Federalism and de-federalisation in Russia  14. Centre-regional relations in Russia  15. Politics in Russian regions  16. Decision-making  17. State capacity and Russia  18. Russia’s retreat from human rights  19. Protest and opposition  20. The security services  21. The military  Part 3: Political economy  22. Political economy  23. Crony capitalism in contemporary Russia and what globalisation has to do with it  24. The Russian corporation: between neoliberalism and the security state  25. Russian international economic policy: Purposes and performance  Part 4: Society  26. Russian population dynamics in the Putin era  27. Inequality in Russia  28. Russian labour: Between stability and stagnation  29. Gender in Russia: State policy and lived reality  30. The rise of a hybrid welfare state in Putin’s Russia: Social welfare under authoritarianism  31. Media and culture in Putin’s Russia  32. ICT in Putin’s Russia: 1999-2021  33. Symbolism and the transformation of the national historical narrative in post-Soviet Russia  34. The politics of memory  35. Civil society and the state  36. Informal politics  37. Corruption and organised crime in post-Soviet Russia  38. Russian nationalism  39. Ethnic relations  40. Religion  Part 5: Foreign policy  41. Russian foreign policy and the challenge to the existing world order  42. Russian security policy and outlook  43. Russia’s attitudes and policies toward Ukraine  44. Russia and Belarus  45. Russia’s foreign policy in Central Asia: in search of privileged partnership  46. The Kremlin’s reverse democracy: Relations with the Caucasus region  47. US-Russian relations  48. Russia and the European Union: The path to a strategic disengagement  49. Russia and China

O autorze

Graeme Gill is Professor Emeritus at the University of Sydney, Australia.