State-building in Russia : the Yeltsin legacy and the challenge of the future / Gordon B. Smith, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Gordon B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991---Congresses.

Russia (Federation).

Politics and government.

Russia (Federation)--Social conditions--1991---Congresses.

Social conditions.

Nationalism--Russia (Federation)--Congresses.

Nationalism.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1999]

Summary:

While attention has been focused on Russia's progress in democratization and economic privatization, we have lost sight of the conspicuous fact that the state was not so much surrendering power to civil society as it was disintegrating. The most important challenge of a new democracy is the creation of effective and authoritative political institutions. The eminent contributors to State-Building in Russia take on pivotal issue, with focused attention to questions of democratization (Russell Bova); national (Rolf Theen); constitutional implementation (Robert Sharlet); legal reform and law enforcement (Gordon Smith); state-society relations (Erik Hoffmann); public perceptions and attitudes David Mason); and social policy (Andrea Sanjian).

Contents:

1. State-Building in the New Russia: Assessing the Yeltsin Record / Gordon B. Smith 3

2. Democratization and the Crisis of the Russian State / Russell Bova 17

3. Quo Vadis, Russia? The Problem of National Identity and State-Building / Rolf H.W. Theen 41

4. Constitutional Implementation and State-Building: Progress and Problems of Law Reform in Russia / Robert Sharlet 81

5. The Disjuncture Between Legal Reform and Law Enforcement: The Challenge Facing the Post-Yeltsin Leadership / Gordon B. Smith 101

6. Conceptualizing State-Society Relations in Russia / Erik P. Hoffmann 123

7. Changing Public Perceptions and the Crisis of Confidence in the State: The Yeltsin Legacy / David S. Mason, Svetlana Sidorenko-Stephenson 155

8. State-Society Relations and the Evolution of Social Policy in Russia / Andrea Stevenson Sanjian 177

9. Social Contract Versus Market: Unemployment Policy and Symbolic Politics in Post-Soviet Russia / Mary I. Dakin 200

10. State-Building After Yeltsin: The Emerging Agenda / Gordon B. Smith 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

076560275X

OCLC:

40595261