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Contemporary Russian politics : an introduction
Title
Contemporary Russian politics : an introduction / Neil Robinson.
ISBN
9780745631363
0745631363
9780745631370
0745631371
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2018.
Physical Description
xii, 290 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 25 cm
Summary
"In this innovative new book, Neil Robinson places contemporary Russian politics in historical perspective to argue that Putin's regime has not overcome the problems that underpinned the momentous changes in twentieth-century Russian history when Russia veered from Tsarism to Soviet rule to post-communist chaos"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Robinson, Neil, 1964- author. Contemporary Russian politics 1 Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2018
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 11, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Change and continuity in Russian politics
The Soviet system
Perestroika and the fall of the USSR
Yeltsin and the politics of crisis
Putinism, reform and retrenchment
Presidency and parliaments
Russian federalism
Political parties and opposition
Elections and voters
The new Russian political economy
Russia and the world
What kind of polity is Russia?
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