Institutions, ideas and leadership in Russian politics /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Julie Newton, William Tompson
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
In association with St. Antony's College,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 250 p. ;
Dimensions
23 cm
SERIES
Series Title
St. Antony's series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Explaining political and economic change in post-Soviet Russia / Julie Newton -- Presidents and parties : leadership and institution-building in post-communist Russia / Thomas F. Remington -- Russia's gubernatorial elections : a postmortem / J. Paul Goode -- Back to the future? : Thoughts on the political economy of expanding state ownership in Russia / William Tompson -- Shortcut to great power : Russia in pursuit of multipolarity / Julie Newton -- The presence of absence : ethnicity policy in Russia / Peter Rutland -- Political parties under Putin : party-system development and democracy / Kenneth Wilson -- The rule-of-law factor / Jeffrey Kahn -- Ukraine : improbable democratic nation-state, but possible democratic state-nation? / Alfred Stepan -- Explaining European Union aid to Russia / Tomila Lankina
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book addresses the question: how, and to what degree, are political institutions important in explaining the state of post-Communist political systems today? More specifically, it analyses the nature of political leadership and explains how, and under what circumstances, ideas and identity have influenced post-Soviet political change"--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Political leadership-- Russia (Federation)
Post-communism-- Russia (Federation)
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Russia (Federation), Politics and government, 1991-