Russia

by Dutkiewicz, Piotr; Trenin, Dmitri; Calhoun, Craig; Yakunin, Vladimir (AFT)

• ISBN13: 9780814785003
• ISBN10: 081478500X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

In Russiaa group of leading Russian intellectuals and social scientists join with top researchers from the world to examine the social, political, and economic transformation of Russia. This timely and important book of original essays makes clear that neither politics nor economics alone holds the key to Russia's future, presenting critical perspectives on challenges facing Russia, both in its domestic policies and in its international relations. it also explores how global order #x13; or disorder #x13; may develop over the coming decades.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Missing in Translation: Re-conceptualizing Russia's Developmental State	p. 9
The Long Road to Normalcy: Where Russia Now Stands	p. 41
The Sovereign Bureaucracy in Russia's Modernizations	p. 73
The Changing Dynamics of Russian Politics	p. 87
Leadership and the Politics of Modernization	p. 115
The Sociology of Post-reform Russia	p. 145
Elites: The Choice for Modernization	p. 191
Education for an Innovative Russia	p. 225
Health and Healthcare in Russia Today and Tomorrow	p. 245
The Imaginary Curtain	p. 271
What Kind of a Europe for What Kind of Russia	p. 301
The Obama Administration's ôReset Buttonö for Russia	p. 343
Russia: The Eastern Dimension	p. 383
Russia and the Newly Independent States of Central Asia: Relations Transformed	p. 403
Of Power and Greatness	p. 407
Afterword: Russia and the West: Toward Understanding	p. 433
About the Contributors	p. 459
Index	p. 463
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