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Institutions and political change in Russia / edited by Neil Robinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.
- Russia (Federation).
- Politics and government.
- Political culture--Russia (Federation).
- Political culture.
- Institution building.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills [England] : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- For a decade Russia has been building a new political order. This collection of essays offers a progress report on this effort, recording the projects for institutional reform, their successes and their many failures. Institutions covered include the presidency, the State Duma, regional government, the judiciary, the "power ministries", and the foreign policy and economic policy-making establishments.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Institutions and Political Change in Russia / Neil Robinson
- 2. The Presidency: the Politics of Institutional Chaos / Neil Robinson
- 3. The Consolidation of Russian Parliamentarism: the State Duma, 1993-8 / Paul Chaisty and Jeffrey Gleisner
- 4. Politics, the Rule of Law and the Judiciary / Bill Bowring
- 5. Subnational Institutions in Contemporary Russia / Vladimir Gel'man
- 6. Institutions, Economic Interests and the Stalling of Economic Reform / Claire Gordon
- 7. The Power Ministries / Edwin Bacon
- 8. Foreign Policy-making and Institutions / Peter Shearman and Matthew Sussex
- 9. Public Opinion and Political Institutions / Matthew Wyman
- 10. State and Society in Post-Communist Russia / Richard Sakwa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (212-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333735250
- 0312229259
- OCLC:
- 42022422
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