Institutions, Ideas and Leadership in Russian Politics [electronic resource] /
Newton, Julie.author.
Tompson, William.author.
A stimulating and thought-provoking collection that challenges some of the emerging conventional wisdom about contemporary Russia. It examines the role of leadership, institutions and ideas, and the interactions among them, in shaping Russia's post-Soviet transformation.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Explaining Political and Economic Change in Post-Soviet Russia; 2 Presidents and Parties: Leadership and Institution-Building in Post-Communist Russia; 3 Russia's Gubernatorial Elections: A Postmortem; 4 Back to the Future? Thoughts on the Political Economy of Expanding State Ownership in Russia; 5 Shortcut to Great Power: Russia in Pursuit of Multipolarity; 6 The Presence of Absence: Ethnicity Policy in Russia; 7 Political Parties Under Putin: Party-System Development and Democracy; 8 The Rule-of-Law Factor
9 Ukraine: Improbable Democratic 'Nation-State', but Possible Democratic 'State-Nation'?10 Explaining European Union Aid to Russia; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A stimulating and thought-provoking collection that challenges some of the emerging conventional wisdom about contemporary Russia. It examines the role of leadership, institutions and ideas, and the interactions among them, in shaping Russia's post-Soviet transformation.
Political leadership
Post-communism
European Politics.
European Union Politics.
Political Science.
Public Administration.
US Politics.
Public Policy.