Russian Politics
Subtitle: The Post-Soviet Phase
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: December 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780820444147
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Contemporary Politics - Former Soviet Republics; Current Affairs; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Russia; Political Process - General; Political; 1985-1991; 1991-; Constitutional law; Democracy; Politics and government; Post-communism; Russia (Federation); Soviet Union
Description: "This book analyzes the evolution and operation of political institutions in Russia from its emergence from the shadow of the disintegrating Union of Soviet Socialist Republic through its first decade as an independent state. Emphasizing structures and problems, the main topics treated are constitutional development, presidential-parliamentary relations, electoral politics, the party system, and the search for a workable federalism, including descriptions of principal people and events."--Jacket.