Institutions and Political Change in Russia

by Robinson, Neil

• ISBN13: 9780312229252
• ISBN10: 0312229259
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-05-05
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

For a decade Russia has been building a new political order. This collection of essays offers a progress report on this effort, recording the projects for institutional reform, their successes and their many failures. Institutions covered include the presidency, the State Duma, regional government, the judiciary, the "power ministries," and the foreign policy and economic policy-making establishments.

Author Biography

Neil Robinson is Lecturer in Russian Politics at the University of Essex.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	ix
List of Figures	x
Notes on the Contributors	xi
Introduction: Institutions and Political Change in Russia	1	(10)
Neil Robinson
The Presidency: the Politics of Institutional Chaos	11	(30)
Neil Robinson
The Consolidation of Russian Parliamentarism: the State Duma, 1993-8	41	(28)
Paul Chaisty
Jeffrey Gleisner
Politics, the Rule of Law and the Judiciary	69	(16)
Bill Bowring
Subnational Institutions in Contemporary Russia	85	(21)
Vladimir Gel'man
Institutions, Economic Interests and the Stalling of Economic Reform	106	(24)
Claire Gordon
The Power Ministries	130	(21)
Edwin Bacon
Foreign Policy-making and Institutions	151	(22)
Peter Shearman
Matthew Sussex
Public Opinion and Political Institutions	173	(20)
Matthew Wyman
State and Society in Post-Communist Russia	193	(19)
Richard Sakwa
References	212	(12)
Index	224