Politics in Russia

by Remington, Thomas F.

• ISBN13: 9780321364821
• ISBN10: 0321364821
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Focusing on institutions and processes while paying rigorous attention to scholarship, Politics in Russia, Fourth Edition, provides an authoritative overview of the Russian political system. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Chapter 1 Rebuilding the Russian State	1	(30)
Four Domains of Change	10	(13)
State Structure: From Soviet Union to Russian Federation	10	(3)
Regime Change	13	(5)
Economic Transformation	18	(1)
The Question of Identity: Imperial Russia—USSR—Russian Federation	19	(4)
Choices and Changes in Russian Politics	23	(1)
Plan of the Book	24	(7)
Chapter 2 The Soviet System and Its Demise	31	(23)
The Soviet Regime Before Gorbachev	32	(15)
Gorbachev Comes to Power	44	(3)
Political Institutions of the Transition Period: Demise of the USSR	47	(7)
Chapter 3 Russia and the Post-Soviet Constitutional Order	54	(32)
The Russian Republic in the Transition Period	54	(17)
1990-1993: Deepening Constitutional Conflict	55	(3)
The 1993 Constitution and the Presidency	58	(4)
The Government	62	(2)
The Parliament	64	(5)
Executive–Legislative Relations	69	(1)
The Constitutional Court	70	(1)
The Federal Dimension	71	(15)
Chapter 4 Political Participation and Recruitment	86	(36)
Political Participation and Social Capital	86	(7)
The Importance of Social Capital	87	(1)
The Problem of "Dual Russia"	88	(5)
Participation and Recruitment Under the Soviet Regime	93	(6)
Channels of Mass Participation	93	(4)
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Interlocking Directorates	97	(1)
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Conclusions	98	(1)
Surge and Ebb in Political Participation	99	(11)
The Mobilization of Discontent	99	(4)
Electoral Participation	103	(7)
Elite Adaptation and Replacement	110	(12)
Political Recruitment, Old and New	110	(12)
Chapter 5 The Dynamics of Political Culture	122	(27)
The Concept of Political Culture	126	(2)
Russian Political Culture in the Post-Soviet Period	128	(3)
Soviet Political Socialization	131	(5)
Support for Democratic Values	136	(3)
Influences on Russian Political Culture in the Soviet Period	139	(4)
Cultural Diversity Within Russia	143	(6)
Chapter 6 Interest Groups and Political Parties	149	(43)
Interest Articulation: Statism Versus Pluralism	149	(20)
Democrats, "Reds," and "Browns"	153	(1)
Toward Pluralism	153	(14)
New Sectors of Interest	167	(2)
Interest Aggregation: Stalled Development of the Party System	169	(23)
Party Ideologies	171	(7)
Stalled Development of the Party System	178	(1)
Elections and Party Development	178	(5)
Party Strategies and the Social Bases of Party Support	183	(2)
The Future of the Party System	185	(7)
Chapter 7 The Politics of Partial Reform	192	(34)
The Dual Transition	192	(34)
Stabilization	196	(1)
From Communism to Capitalism	197	(2)
Supporters and Opponents of Reform	199	(1)
Consequences of Reform	200	(3)
Privatization	203	(11)
Economy and Society	214	(2)
Social Conditions	216	(3)
Putin's Dual Agenda	219	(1)
Summing Up	220	(6)
Chapter 8 Politics and Law	226	(37)
Democratization and the Rule of Law	226	(21)
Judicial Reform	229	(3)
The Procuracy	232	(5)
The Judiciary	237	(4)
The Constitutional Court	241	(5)
Reforms in the Law Codes	246	(1)
Obstacles to the Rule of Law	247	(16)
Organized Crime and Corruption	252	(4)
Conclusion	256	(7)
Chapter 9 Russia and the International Community	263	(14)
Index	277