The strong state in Russia
Subtitle: development and crisis
By: Andrei P. Tsygankov
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780199336203; 9780199336210
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Despotism; History; Authoritarianism; The State
Description: Tsygankov provides a succinct account of the major periods in evolution of Russia's strong state construct by reviewing the external and internal contexts of its emergence, progression, and fall in Muscovy, St. Petersburg, Soviet Union, and post-Soviet Russia with an emphasis on the last two decades. Each time a combination of these contexts was distinct thereby producing different political outcomes in Russia. The book argues that a perspective on Russia from a Western viewpoint is limited and that there has been an alternative way of thinking about the nation and its problems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.