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This volume presents state-of-the-art creative scholarship in
political science and area studies with an emphasis on Russia. The
contributors, all well-known in their specialties, share the
conviction that advancement in the social sciences can only be
achieved through plural methodological approaches and interaction
with various disciplines. Their work in this collection provides
critical analyses of key issues in Russian and post-Soviet studies.
It explores the most fruitful ways of studying Russia with
particular emphasis on the federal system, politics in the era of
Putin, challenges of Russian foreign policy, and Russian attitudes
toward democracy. The vagaries of democracy are also explored in
articles on Georgia and Turkey. Additionally, this book examines
the philosophy of technology with an emphasis on critical theory,
eco-domination, and engineering ethics.
Subnational political units are growing in influence in national
and international affairs, drawing increasing scholarly attention
to politics beyond national capitals. In this book, leading Russian
and Western political scientists contribute to debates in
comparative politics by examining Russia's subnational politics.
Beginning with a chapter that reviews major debates in theory and
method, this book continues to examine Russia's 83 regions,
exploring a wide range of topics including the nature and stability
of authoritarian regimes, federal politics, political parties,
ethnic conflict, governance and inequality in a comparative
perspective. Providing both qualitative and quantitative data from
20 years of original research, the book draws on elite interaction,
public opinion and the role of institutions regionally in the
post-Soviet years. The regions vary on a number of theoretically
interesting dimensions while their federal membership provides
control for other dimensions that are challenging for globally
comparative studies. The authors demonstrate the utility of
subnational analyses and show how regional research can help answer
a variety of political questions, providing evidence from Russia
that can be used by specialists on other large countries or world
regions in cross-national scholarship. Situated within broader
theoretical and methodological political science debates, this book
will be of interest to students and scholars of Russian politics,
comparative politics, regionalism and subnational politics.
Subnational political units are growing in influence in national
and international affairs, drawing increasing scholarly attention
to politics beyond national capitals. In this book, leading Russian
and Western political scientists contribute to debates in
comparative politics by examining Russia's subnational politics.
Beginning with a chapter that reviews major debates in theory and
method, this book continues to examine Russia's 83 regions,
exploring a wide range of topics including the nature and stability
of authoritarian regimes, federal politics, political parties,
ethnic conflict, governance and inequality in a comparative
perspective. Providing both qualitative and quantitative data from
20 years of original research, the book draws on elite interaction,
public opinion and the role of institutions regionally in the
post-Soviet years. The regions vary on a number of theoretically
interesting dimensions while their federal membership provides
control for other dimensions that are challenging for globally
comparative studies. The authors demonstrate the utility of
subnational analyses and show how regional research can help answer
a variety of political questions, providing evidence from Russia
that can be used by specialists on other large countries or world
regions in cross-national scholarship. Situated within broader
theoretical and methodological political science debates, this book
will be of interest to students and scholars of Russian politics,
comparative politics, regionalism and subnational politics.
This volume reports a research that represents some of the
collaborative efforts aimed at investigating political attitudes
and behaviors in the broader Soviet society, examining the public
opinion constraints on efforts to transform the new organizations
into a competitive political party system.
A distinguished group of specialists analyzes the critical elections that terminated the Boris Yeltsin era in Russia and voted in the leadership of Vladimir Putin. These parliamentary and presidential elections are proving critical for the future of Russia and enlightening to scholars and students studying electoral politics, party development and democratization. The collective expertise represented by these contributions encompasses all the important facets of electoral politics and party development in Russia.
In this volume, which was originally published in 2003, a
distinguished collection of specialists analyzes the critical
elections that ushered out the Boris Yeltsin era in Russia and
ushered in the leadership of Vladimir Putin. These parliamentary
and presidential elections were critical for the future of Russia
and are highly enlightening to scholars and students of electoral
politics, party development and democratization. Collectively, the
expertise represented by these authors extends to all the important
facets of electoral politics and party development in Russia.
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