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DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIAN POLITICS 9 Developments titles available from Red Globe Press Alistair Cole, Sophie Meunier and Vincent Tiberj (eds) DEVELOPMENTS IN FRENCH POLITICS 5 Maria Green Cowles and Desmond Dinan (eds) DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 2 Richard Heffernan, Philip Cowley and Colin Hay (eds) DEVELOPMENTS IN BRITISH POLITICS 10 Erik Jones, Paul M. Heywood, Martin Rhodes and Ulrich Sedelmeier (eds) DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPEAN POLITICS 2 Stephen Padgett, William E. Paterson and Reimut Zohlnhöfer (eds) DEVELOPMENTS IN GERMAN POLITICS 4* Gillian Peele, Christopher J. Bailey, Bruce Cain and B. Guy Peters (eds) DEVELOPMENTS IN AMERICAN POLITICS 7 Stephen White, Paul Lewis, and Judy Batt (eds) DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN POLITICS 5* Richard Sakwa, Henry E. 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A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. CONTENTS List of Figures and Tables Preface Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations 1 Politics in Russia Richard Sakwa The Soviet system Perestroika: from rationalisation to disintegration Post-communist Russia: the Yeltsin years Putin: the politics of stability Challenges of democratisation Conclusion 2 Presidency and Executive John P. Willerton Putin and the legacy of a strong executive Institutions of the federal executive The Putin team The continued Putin presidency 3 Political Parties Ora John Reuter Political parties and Russia’s stalled democratization: 1991– 2003 The emergence of a dominant party system United Russia as the dominant party United Russia and the electorate Opposition in Russia Conclusion 4 Parliamentary Politics in Russia Ben Noble History Federal Assembly The law-making process and outputs Recent parliamentary developments Conclusion 5 National Identity and the Contested Nation Marlene Laruelle The contested identity of the Russian Federation Stabilising Russia’s national narrative knots Nationalist movements The interplay of state nationhood and non-state nationalism Conclusion 6 Protest, Civil Society and Informal Politics Graeme B. Robertson Political protest and contentious politics in Russian history Putin and protest The protest cycle of 2011–12 Protest, civil society and politics since 2012 Protest, civil society and the presidential election of 2018 Conclusion 7 Russia, Media and Audiences Ellen Mickiewicz Television Radio Newspapers The internet RT: Russia projected abroad The critical importance of scale Cognitive processing and state messages 8 Assessing the Rule of Law in Russia Kathryn Hendley The heritage of Soviet law The institutional structure of the Russian legal system The Russian legal system in action Russians’ expectations of the legal system Prospects for the rule of law in Russia 9 A Federal State? Darrell Slider Putin’s vertical of power Interactions between governors and the president Federal agencies in the regions and the problem of decentralisation 10 Managing the Economy Philip Hanson Russia’s recent economic performance The domestic sources of stagnation Recent economic policy in Russia The future: reform for the sake of faster growth? 11 Inequality and Social Policy in Russia Thomas F. Remington The challenge of social policy Rising inequality Evolution of the social welfare system Income inequality and access to social services The challenge of policy reform 12 Russian Foreign Policy Valentina Feklyunina The making of Russian foreign policy Russia’s foreign policy priorities Russian foreign policy: from integration to confrontation with the West Russia’s foreign policy dilemmas Conclusion: explaining Russian foreign policy 13 Security, the Military and Politics Bettina Renz Yeltsin, security and the military Putin, security and politics Putin, the military and politics A Russian military resurgence? Conclusion 14 Russia and its Neighbours Samuel Charap A diverse region Pushing and pulling Conflicts heat up and freeze Integration gets serious Conclusion 15 The Continuing Evolution of Russia’s Political System Henry E. Hale A social context of patronalism Power networks in Russian politics The emergence of Russia’s single-pyramid system The problem of presidential succession Tightening the political machine Dilemmas of governance facing Putin Putin’s appeal Putin’s strong-hand rule: more subtle than brutal So, what kind of regime is Russia and what lies ahead? Guide to Further Reading Glossary References Index
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