Contemporary Russian Politics: A Reader
This is a carefully winnowed collection of some of the best articles - Western and Russian - from the second half of the decade ... the selection of the articles and their grouping into twelve sections was a rigorous process. ...The book's aim is to give students of Russian politics easy access to a wide range of material that might otherwise have escaped their attention. In this it succeeds admirably ... Moreover, Archie Brown's introduction to the volume and to each section, as well as his concluding chapter, would make a worthwhile book in themselves.'  International Affairs, Oct 2001'This is an excellent reader bringing together papers from a wide variety of sources. It will be widely used by teachers and students of contemporary Russian politics.' THES, November 2001'As a collection of key, previously published articles and specially commissioned chapters, Brown creates an extremely comprehensive and expertly detailed book. Many of the previously published articles come from notable Russian journals that would otherwise not be accessible to English-speaking readers....This book should indeed furnish the shelves of any student of Russian politics....It is, very probably, the most comprehensive and the most educative book on Russian politics currently on the market.'Jen Tracy, former reporter for the 'Moscow Times' and special issues editor of the online journal 'Transitions Online.''Students of Russia's transition have received the solid and comprehensive reader they have long been waiting for, thanks to the outstanding efforts of Archie Brown... If Russian policymakers charting the course of further transition were to make this volume their reader, they would certainly save the country a lot of trouble.' Journal of Peace Research'In itself Brown's volume is clearly one of the most comprehensive and high-quality volumes available for the classroom today.' Mark A. Cichock, Political Studies, Vol 50 No. 4