Title: The strong state in Russia
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, Political culture, Despotism, History, Authoritarianism, The State, State, the, Russia (federation), politics and government, Political science
Places: Russia (Federation), Russia, Soviet Union
Time periods: 1991-