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Who rules Russia? This question is generated by President Vladimir
Putin's most ambitious reform program to date-his attempt since
2000 to reshape the Russian federation, centralize much of the
power lost by the Kremlin to the eighty-nine regional governors
during the 1990s, and strengthen his weak grip on Russia's
institutions and political elite. In The Dynamics of Russian
Politics Russian and Western authors from the fields of political
science, economics, ethnology, law, and journalism examine the
reform's impact of key areas of Russian life, including big
business, law enforcement, corruption, political party development,
health care, local government, small business, and ethnic
relations. Volume I presents the historical context and an overview
of the reforms, then tracks how Putin's plans were implemented and
resisted across each of the seven new federal okrugs, or
megaregions, into which he divided Russia. In particular, the
authors analyze the goals and contrasting political styles of his
seven commissars and how their often-concealed struggles with the
more independent and determined governors played out. Volume II
examines the impact of these reforms on Russia's main political
institutions; the increasingly assertive business community; and
the defense, police, and security ministries. Together, the two
volumes simultaneously reveal that Putin's successes have been much
more limited and ambiguous than is widely believed in the West
while offering detailed and nuanced answers to the difficult but
crucial question: Who rules Russia?
Who rules Russia? This question is generated by President Vladimir
Putin's most ambitious reform program to date_his attempt since
2000 to reshape the Russian federation, centralize much of the
power lost by the Kremlin to the eighty-nine regional governors
during the 1990s, and strengthen his weak grip on Russia's
institutions and political elite. In The Dynamics of Russian
Politics Russian and Western authors from the fields of political
science, economics, ethnology, law, and journalism examine the
reform's impact of key areas of Russian life, including big
business, law enforcement, corruption, political party development,
health care, local government, small business, and ethnic
relations. Volume I presents the historical context and an overview
of the reforms, then tracks how Putin's plans were implemented and
resisted across each of the seven new federal okrugs, or
megaregions, into which he divided Russia. In particular, the
authors analyze the goals and contrasting political styles of his
seven commissars and how their often-concealed struggles with the
more independent and determined governors played out. Volume II
examines the impact of these reforms on Russia's main political
institutions; the increasingly assertive business community; and
the defense, police, and security ministries. Together, the two
volumes simultaneously reveal that Putin's successes have been much
more limited and ambiguous than is widely believed in the West
while offering detailed and nuanced answers to the difficult but
crucial question: Who rules Russia?
Following the crisis in Ukraine, the Putin regime made political
choices that will determine Russia's development for years to come.
This cutting edge Pivot makes a key contribution to the debate on
Russia's development and traces emerging trends in various spheres
of Russian life, from the economy and foreign policy, to society
and ideology.
For hundreds of years, dictators have ruled Russia. Do they still?
In the late 1980s, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev launched a
series of political reforms that eventually allowed for competitive
elections, the emergence of an independent press, the formation of
political parties, and the sprouting of civil society. After the
collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, these proto-democratic
institutions endured in an independent Russia. But did the
processes unleashed by Gorbachev and continued under Russian
President Boris Yeltsin lead eventually to liberal democracy in
Russia? If not, what kind of political regime did take hold in
post-Soviet Russia? And how has Vladimir Putins rise to power
influenced the course of democratic consolidation or the lack
thereof? "Between Dictatorship and Democracy" seeks to give a
comprehensive answer to these fundamental questions about the
nature of Russian politics.
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