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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782930403321

Autore

Sakwa Richard

Titolo

Russian politics and society / / Richard Sakwa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

0-582-47300-4

1-134-58768-6

1-134-58769-4

0-203-46566-0

1-280-40373-X

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (561 p.)

Disciplina

320.947/09/049

Soggetti

Post-communism - Russia (Federation)

Post-communism - Former Soviet republics

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Former Soviet republics Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface to the third edition; Acknowledgements; Note on style, spelling and transliteration; Glossary of acronyms, acrostics and terms; The fall of communism and the rebirth of Russia; Soviet communism and its dissolution; The disintegration of the USSR; Political institutions and processes; The new constitutional order; Law and society; The executive; The legislature; Electoral politics; Party development; Federalism, regionalism and nationalism; Federalism and the state; Regional and local politics

National identity and state-buildingEconomy and society; Marketising the economy; Society and social movements; Cultural transformation; Foreign policies; Foreign policy; Commonwealth, community and fragmentation; Defence and security policy; Dilemmas of democratisation; Problems of transition; Pluralism, elites, regime and leadership; Democracy in Russia; Notes; Select bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Since its first publication in 1993 this book has become an



indispensable guide for all those interested in the current political scene in Russia, about political stability and the future of democracy under its post-communist leadership.