Putin
Subtitle: Russia's choice
By: Richard Sakwa.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780415407656; 9780415407663; 9780203931936; 9780203402078
Subjects: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, -- 1952-; Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [370]-375) and index.
Table of contents: title: The path to power; title: The unlikely making of a leader; title: Operation successor; title: Ideas and choices; title: Who is Mister Putin?; title: Normality, normalcy and normalisation; title: Russia at the turn of the millennium; title: Planning for the future; title: The 'state of the nation' speeches; title: Putin's path; title: Building the Putin bloc; title: Putin and the people; title: Leadership and style; title: National democracy and Russia's 'third way'; title: Parties, elections and the succession; title: Development of the party system; title: Elections and electoral legislation; title: Parliamentary realignment; title: Putin, parties and government; title: The Putin succession; title: Regime, state and society; title: State and regime; title: The 'liquidation of the oligarchs as a class'; title: Freedom of speech and the media; title: Judicial reform and human rights; title: Bureaucracy, incorporation and opposition; title: Bureaucracy and corruption; title: Civil society and para-constitutional representation; title: Regime and opposition; title: Putin's 'new federalism'; title: Segmented regionalism; title: Features of the 'new federalism'; title: State reconstitution and federalism; title: Reforging the nation; title: National images and state symbols; title: Social aspects of national identity; title: Chechnya : tombstone or crucible of Russian power?; title: Russian capitalism; title: Entering the market; title: Models of capitalism : state corporatism?; title: State, economy and society; title: Putin's new realism in foreign policy; title: Towards a new realism; title: Features of the new realism; title: The new realism in practice; title: Conclusion : the power of contradiction; title: Public politics; title: Beyond transition; title: The power of contradiction; title: Appendix : Russia at the turn of the millennium.