Putin: Russia's Choice

by Sakwa; Richard

• ISBN13: 9780415407656
• ISBN10: 0415407656
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

P Fully revised and updated, the new edition of this extremely well-received political biography of Vladimir Putin builds on the strengths of the first edition to provide the most detailed and nuanced account of the man, his politics and his profound influence on Russian politics, foreign policy and society. /P P New to this edition: /P UL P LI analysis of Putin's second term as President /LI LI more biographical information in the light of recent research /LI LI detailed discussion of changes to the policy process and the elites around Putin /LI LI developments in state-society relations including the conflicts with oligarchs such as Khodorkovsky /LI LI review of changes affecting the party system and electoral legislation, including the development of federalism in Russia /LI LI details on economic performance under Putin, including more discussion of the energy sector and pipeline politics /LI LI Russia's relationship with NATO after the 'big bang' enlargement, EU-Russian relations afterenlargement, and Russia's relations with other post-Soviet states. /LI P /P /UL P EM Putin /EM is essential reading for all students and scholars of Russian politics. /P

Author Biography

Richard Sakwa is Professor of Politics at the University of Kent, UK.

Table of Contents

List of tables	p. vii
Preface to the second edition	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. xii
The path to power	p. 1
The unlikely making of a leader	p. 2
Operation successor	p. 17
Ideas and choices	p. 37
Who is Mister Putin?	p. 37
Normality, normalcy and normalisation	p. 42
Russia at the turn of the millennium	p. 52
Planning for the future	p. 56
The 'state of the nation' speeches	p. 59
Putin's path	p. 70
Building the Putin bloc	p. 71
Putin and the people	p. 83
Leadership and style	p. 90
National democracy and Russia's 'third way'	p. 95
Parties, elections and the succession	p. 101
Development of the party system	p. 101
Elections and electoral legislation	p. 109
Parliamentary realignment	p. 123
Putin, parties and government	p. 127
The Putin succession	p. 129
Regime, state and society	p. 135
State and regime	p. 136
The 'liquidation of the oligarchs as a class'	p. 143
Freedom of speech and the media	p. 150
Judicial reform and human rights	p. 155
Bureaucracy, incorporation and opposition	p. 162
Bureaucracy and corruption	p. 162
Civil society and para-constitutional representation	p. 167
Regime and opposition	p. 175
Putin's 'new federalism'	p. 186
Segmented regionalism	p. 186
Features of the 'new federalism'	p. 192
State reconstitution and federalism	p. 209
Reforging the nation	p. 214
National images and state symbols	p. 214
Social aspects of national identity	p. 223
Chechnya: tombstone or crucible of Russian power?	p. 227
Russian capitalism	p. 240
Entering the market	p. 240
Models of capitalism - state corporatism?	p. 249
State, economy and society	p. 259
Putin's new realism in foreign policy	p. 267
Towards a new realism	p. 268
Features of the new realism	p. 274
The new realism in practice	p. 279
Conclusion: the power of contradiction	p. 299
Public politics	p. 300
Beyond transition	p. 306
The power of contradiction	p. 310
Russia at the turn of the millennium	p. 317
Notes	p. 329
Select bibliography	p. 370
Index	p. 376
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