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Politics in Russia : a reader / Joel M. Ostrow, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Los Angeles, California : CQ Press / SAGE Publications : c.2013Description: xvi, 488 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781608716500
  • 1608716503
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.947 22 POL
Contents:
1. An introduction to the Soviet political system. "Introduction" from Soviet Politics, 1917-1991 / Mary McCauley ; "Terror as a system of power" / Merle Fainsod ; "Soviet stability and its sources / Seweryn Bialer -- 2. The collapse of the Soviet Union. "What was Socialism and why did it fall?" / Katherine Verdery ; "Glosnost gutted the party, democratization doomed the State : political liberalization and the Soviet disintegration" / Joel M. Ostrow ; "Causes of the collapse of the USSR" / Alexander Dallin -- 3. Core tasks for postcommunist Russia. "Crucial junctures and the demise of democracy in Russia" / Joel M. Ostrow, Georgiy A. Satarov, and Irina M. Khakamada ; "The democratization of Russia in comparative perspective" / Zvi Gitelman ; "Ten myths about Russia : understanding and dealing with Russia's complexity and ambiguity" / David Fogleson and Gordon M. Hahn -- 4. The economy : market capitalism or institutionalized corruption? "A normal country : Russia after communism" / Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman ; "The triumph of bureaucratic capitalism / Lilia Shevtsova ; from "Comrade criminal" and "The criminal state" / Steven Handleman -- 5. The executive and the legislature. "Liberal technocrats as an adornment of the State" / Lilia Shevtsova ; "Inside the Putin Court : a research note" / Ol'ga Kryshtanovskaya and Stephen White ; "Majority control and executive dominance : Parliament-President relations in Putin's Russia" / Paul Chaisty -- 6. Political parties. "Party politics in Russia : from competition to hierarchy" / Vladimir Gel'man ; "Political opposition in Russia : a dying species?" / Vladimir Gel'man ; "Russia's client party system" / Stephen White ; from "Symptoms of the failure of democracy in Russia" / M. Steven Fish -- 7. Elections. from "Corrupting the elections : enter the oligarchs" and "Abandoning democracy : anointing a successor" / Joel M. Ostrow, Georgiy A. Satarov, and Irina M. Khakamada ; "Russian elections : an oxymoron of democracy" / Misha Myagkov and Peter C. Ordeshook ; from "Symptoms of the failure of democracy in Russia" / M Steven Fish -- 8. Nationalism and Chechnya. "The specter of Russian Nationalism" / Rafael Khachaturian ; "Chechnya : a dirty war 1999-2002" / Anna Politkovskaya ; "[Conclusion]" / Marlène Laruelle -- 9. The media. "Dictatorship becomes the only game in town" / Joel M. Ostrow, Georgiy A. Satarov, and Irina M. Khakamada ; from "Symptoms of the failure of democracy in Russia" / M. Steven Fish ; "Constrained or irrelevant : the media in Putin's Russia" / Masha Lipman ; "Russia : why do journalists die?" / Oleg Panfilov ; "Rebirth of Russian Nationalism" / Oleg Panfilov ; "Remembering Paul Klebnikov : journalism of intimidation" / David Satter ; "All the news the Kremlin thinks is fit to print / Dmitry Sidorov.
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1. An introduction to the Soviet political system. "Introduction" from Soviet Politics, 1917-1991 / Mary McCauley ; "Terror as a system of power" / Merle Fainsod ; "Soviet stability and its sources / Seweryn Bialer --
2. The collapse of the Soviet Union. "What was Socialism and why did it fall?" / Katherine Verdery ; "Glosnost gutted the party, democratization doomed the State : political liberalization and the Soviet disintegration" / Joel M. Ostrow ; "Causes of the collapse of the USSR" / Alexander Dallin --
3. Core tasks for postcommunist Russia. "Crucial junctures and the demise of democracy in Russia" / Joel M. Ostrow, Georgiy A. Satarov, and Irina M. Khakamada ; "The democratization of Russia in comparative perspective" / Zvi Gitelman ; "Ten myths about Russia : understanding and dealing with Russia's complexity and ambiguity" / David Fogleson and Gordon M. Hahn --
4. The economy : market capitalism or institutionalized corruption? "A normal country : Russia after communism" / Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman ; "The triumph of bureaucratic capitalism / Lilia Shevtsova ; from "Comrade criminal" and "The criminal state" / Steven Handleman --
5. The executive and the legislature. "Liberal technocrats as an adornment of the State" / Lilia Shevtsova ; "Inside the Putin Court : a research note" / Ol'ga Kryshtanovskaya and Stephen White ; "Majority control and executive dominance : Parliament-President relations in Putin's Russia" / Paul Chaisty --
6. Political parties. "Party politics in Russia : from competition to hierarchy" / Vladimir Gel'man ; "Political opposition in Russia : a dying species?" / Vladimir Gel'man ; "Russia's client party system" / Stephen White ; from "Symptoms of the failure of democracy in Russia" / M. Steven Fish --
7. Elections. from "Corrupting the elections : enter the oligarchs" and "Abandoning democracy : anointing a successor" / Joel M. Ostrow, Georgiy A. Satarov, and Irina M. Khakamada ; "Russian elections : an oxymoron of democracy" / Misha Myagkov and Peter C. Ordeshook ; from "Symptoms of the failure of democracy in Russia" / M Steven Fish --
8. Nationalism and Chechnya. "The specter of Russian Nationalism" / Rafael Khachaturian ; "Chechnya : a dirty war 1999-2002" / Anna Politkovskaya ; "[Conclusion]" / Marlène Laruelle --
9. The media. "Dictatorship becomes the only game in town" / Joel M. Ostrow, Georgiy A. Satarov, and Irina M. Khakamada ; from "Symptoms of the failure of democracy in Russia" / M. Steven Fish ; "Constrained or irrelevant : the media in Putin's Russia" / Masha Lipman ; "Russia : why do journalists die?" / Oleg Panfilov ; "Rebirth of Russian Nationalism" / Oleg Panfilov ; "Remembering Paul Klebnikov : journalism of intimidation" / David Satter ; "All the news the Kremlin thinks is fit to print / Dmitry Sidorov.

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