Leading Russia--Putin in perspective
Subtitle: essays in honour of Archie Brown
By: edited by Alex Pravda.
Contributors: Pravda, Alex, 1947-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Description: "Leading Russia investigates the ambiguities and contradictions of Vladimir Putin's rule from four perspectives. The volume first considers his leadership in the context of Russia's convulsive historical cycle of revolutionary transformation, breakdown, consolidation, and stagnation. The study then analyses how normative and institutional components of democracy have fared under Putin's regime of stronger executive control. It proceeds to examine the strengths and weaknesses of presidential power vis-a-vis bureaucratic, regional, and corporate groups. The volume concludes with two assessments of the strategic direction in which Putin is taking Russia.

They explore the tensions between bureaucratic - authoritarian trends and Putin's apparent commitment to electoral democracy, market capitalism, and alignment with the West." "The book helps to deepen our understanding of the cultural and institutional factors shaping Putin's leadership approach and policy priorities. More widely, it sheds light on the complexity of the relationship between post-communist leadership, democracy, and economic modernization."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
An annotated bibliography of published work by Archie Brown / Julie Newton.
Table of contents: title: Archie Brown / Alex Pravda; title: Introduction : Putin in perspective / Alex Pravda; title: Regimes of political consolidation : the Putin presidency in Soviet and post-Soviet perspective / George W. Breslauer; title: Soviet political leadership and Sovietological modelling / Robert Service; title: Russian corruption and state weakness in comparative post-communist perspective / Leslie Holmes; title: Putin and the attenuation of Russian democracy / Timothy J. Colton; title: Majority control and executive dominance : Parliament-President relations in Putin's Russia / Paul Chaisty; title: Putin's popularity and its implications for democracy in Russia / Stephen Whitefield; title: Putin as patron : cadres policy in the Russian transition / Eugene Huskey; title: Putin and the oligarchs : a twosided commitment problem / William Tompson; title: Putin's reform of the Russian Federation / Neil Melvin; title: Vladimir Putin's political choice : towards bureaucratic authoritarianism / Lilia Shevtsova; title: Putin's foreign policy choices / Andrei Grachev.