Politics in Russia

by Remington, Thomas F

• ISBN13: 9780205005796
• ISBN10: 0205005799
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Politics in Russiais highly regarded for its comprehensive coverage, up-to-date scholarship, and comparative framework.#xA0; This book is an authoritative overview of Russia#x19;s contemporary political system and its recent evolution.#xA0; Area specialist Thomas Remington focuses on four areas of change in this book#x13;state structure, regime change, economic transformation, and identity#x13;to offer a dynamic context for analyzing the post-Soviet era.

Author Biography

Thomas F. Remington is Professor of Political Science at Emory University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
State and Regime in Russia	p. 1
The Dual Executive	p. 1
Current Policy Challenges	p. 7
The Putin Factor	p. 9
Four Domains of Change	p. 16
State Structure: From Soviet Union to Russian Federation	p. 16
Regime Change	p. 18
Economic Transformation	p. 22
The Question of Identity: Imperial Russia-USSR-Russian Federation	p. 23
Choices and Changes in Russian Politics	p. 25
Plan of the Book	p. 26
The Soviet System and Its Demise	p. 31
Historical Legacies	p. 32
The Tsarist Regime	p. 32
The Soviet Regime Before Gorbachev	p. 34
Gorbachev Comes to Power	p. 47
Political Institutions of the Transition Period: Demise of the USSR	p. 49
Russia's Constitutional Order	p. 56
The Russian Republic in the Transition Period	p. 56
1990-1993: Deepening Constitutional Conflict	p. 57
The 1993 Constitution and the Presidency	p. 60
The Government	p. 66
The Parliament	p. 67
Executive-Legislative Relations	p. 71
The Federal Dimension	p. 73
Political Participation and Recruitment	p. 87
Political Participation and Social Capital	p. 87
The Importance of Social Capital	p. 88
The Problem of ôDual Russiaö	p. 90
Participation and Recruitment under the Soviet Regime	p. 92
Channels of Mass Participation	p. 92
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Interlocking Directorates	p. 96
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Conclusions	p. 97
Surge and Ebb in Political Participation	p. 98
The Mobilization of Discontent	p. 98
Electoral Participation	p. 100
Elite Adaptation and Replacement	p. 106
Political Recruitment, Old and New	p. 106
Political Culture and Public Opinion	p. 117
The Concept of Political Culture	p. 121
Russian Political Culture in the Post-Soviet Period	p. 124
Soviet Political Socialization	p. 127
Support for Democratic Values	p. 132
Influences on Russian Political Culture in the Soviet Period	p. 134
Generational Change	p. 135
Political Socialization in Contemporary Russia	p. 136
Cultural Diversity Within Russia	p. 140
Interest Groups and Political Parties	p. 150
Interest Articulation: Statism vs. Pluralism	p. 150
Socialism and Bureaucratic Politics	p. 151
Democrats, ôReds,ö and ôBrownsö	p. 153
Toward Pluralism	p. 154
New Sectors of Interest	p. 167
Interest Aggregation and the Party System: Return to a One-Party Regime?	p. 171
Party Families	p. 173
Parties and Elections	p. 179
Party Strategies and the Social Bases of Party Support	p. 182
The Future of the Party System	p. 183
Between State and Market	p. 191
The Dual Transition	p. 191
Stabilization	p. 194
Evaluating Stabilization	p. 196
Privatization	p. 198
Boom and Bust Cycles	p. 208
Social Conditions	p. 211
Politics and the Law	p. 219
Democratization and the Rule of Law	p. 219
Judicial Reform	p. 223
Law Enforcement	p. 223
The Judiciary	p. 228
The Constitutional Court	p. 232
Reforms in the Law Codes	p. 235
Growing Salience of International Law	p. 236
Obstacles to the Rule of Law	p. 237
Bureaucratic Rule Making	p. 238
Terrorism and National Security	p. 240
Organized Crime and Corruption	p. 241
Conclusion	p. 244
Russia and the International Community	p. 251
Energy as an Instrument of Power	p. 253
The CIS and Its Progeny	p. 256
The Russia-Belarus Union	p. 258
The Eurasian Economic Community	p. 259
The Collective Security Treaty Organization	p. 259
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization	p. 260
Obstacles to Regional Hegemony	p. 260
Russia and the International Community	p. 267
Index	p. 271
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