Russian Politics from Lenin to Putin

by Fortescue, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780230575875
• ISBN10: 0230575870
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Seven leading specialists present chapters devoted to key themes in Soviet and post-Soviet Russian politics. Those themes include: the personal versus the institutional in the political process; legitimacy and legitimation; and change and collapse of a mono-organizational society. While the book focuses on these major themes, individual chapters deal with wide-ranging and even unusual cases: Graeme Gill analyzes the legitimating functions of Moscow's architecture, Sheila Fitzpatrick uses the archives to draw a picture of Stalin 'the boss' dealing with his closest colleagues, Eugene Huskey provides a detailed description of post-Soviet Russian pantouflage, and Archie Brown and Peter Reddaway present their different takes on Gorbachev and the Soviet collapse. Stephen Fortescue provides an overview of policy-making processes from Lenin and Putin, and Leslie Holmes updates the concept of goal-rational legitimacy.

Author Biography

Stephen Fortescue is Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales, Australia. He previously held research positions at the Australia National University and the University of Birmingham, UK. His recent research is on Russian business-government relations and the Russian metals sector. His recent publications include Russia's Oil Barons and Metal Magnates.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. viii
List of Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xii
T.H. Rigby on Soviet and Post-Soviet Russian Politics	p. 1
Institutionalization and Personalism in the Policy-making Process of the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia	p. 21
The Boss and His Team: Stalin and the Inner Circle, 1925-33	p. 51
Building the Communist Future: Legitimation and the Soviet City	p. 76
Legitimation and Legitimacy in Russia Revisited	p. 101
Perestroika as Revolution from Above	p. 127
How Much Did Popular Disaffection Contribute to the Collapse of the USSR?	p. 152
Pantouflage à la russe: The Recruitment of Russian Political and Business Elites	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 205
Index	p. 215
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