Institutions, ideas and leadership in Russian politics

This edited collection examines the role of leadership, institutions and ideas, and the interactions among them, in shaping Russia's post-Soviet transformation. It is a stimulating and thought-provoking collection that challenges some of the emerging conventional wisdom about contemporary Russi...

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Group Author: Newton, Julie; Tompson, William J
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: St Antony's series
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230282940
Summary: This edited collection examines the role of leadership, institutions and ideas, and the interactions among them, in shaping Russia's post-Soviet transformation. It is a stimulating and thought-provoking collection that challenges some of the emerging conventional wisdom about contemporary Russia.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230551473, 2010.
Carrier Form: 264 p. : 1 b&w, ill., 18.
ISBN: 9780230551473
9780230282940 :
0230282946 :
CLC: D035
Contents: Introduction: Institutions, Ideas, and Leadership in Post-Soviet Russia-- J. Newton Presidents and Parties: Leadership and Institution-Building in Post-Communist Russia-- T. F. Remington Russia's Gubernatorial Elections: A Post-Mortem-- J. P. Goode Shortcut to Great Power: Russia in Pursuit of Multipolarity-- J. Newton The Presence of Absence: Ethnicity Policy in Russia-- P. Rutland Political Parties Under Putin: Party-System Development and Democracy-- K. Wilson The Rule-of-Law Factor-- J. Kahn Ukraine: Improbable Democratic 'nation-State' but Possible Democratic 'State-Nation'?-- A. Stepan