Routledge handbook of Russian politics and society / Graeme Gill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill, Graeme J., author.

Series:

Routledge international handbooks.

Routledge International Handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions--1991-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (613 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2023]

Summary:

"This second edition of the highly respected Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society provides both a broad overview of the area and highlights cutting-edge research into the country. Through balanced theoretical and empirical investigation, each chapter examines both the Russian experience and the existing literature, identifies and exemplifies research trends, and highlights both the richness of experience, history and continued challenges inherent to this enduringly fascinating and shifting polity. Politically, economically, and socially, Russia has one of the most interesting development trajectories of any major country. This Handbook answers questions about democratic transition, the relationship between the market and democracy, stability and authoritarian politics, the development of civil society, the role of crime and corruption, the development of a market economy, and Russia's likely place in the emerging new world order. Providing a comprehensive resource for scholars, students and policy makers alike, this book is an essential contribution to the study of Russian studies/politics, Eastern European studies/politics, and International Relations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Endorsement

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Figures

Tables

Contributors

Preface

Abbreviations

Part 1 Introduction

1 Introduction

References

2 The Yeltsin Era

Political Reform

Economic Reform

Society

Conclusion

3 The Putin Era

After the Second Russian Revolution: The Reverse Wave

Critical Junctures of the Twenty-First Century: The Road to a Dead End?

1999-2000: The Resurrection

2011-2014: The Perilous Path

2020 and After: The Autumn of the Patriarch

Towards a Post-Putin Era? A Critical Outlook

Note

4 Democratisation

Problems of Third Wave Thinking

Approaches to Democratisation

Preconditions

Cultural Factors

Endogenous Transitions: Elites and Political Change

Crafting Democracy

Exogenous Factors

5 How Russia Compares

A Demographic Revolution

Economic and Social Wellbeing

Democratic Governance

Part 2 Politics

6 Vladimir Putin: Great Leader Or Ordinary Authoritarian?

Presidential Powers and Authoritarianism

Great Leader?

Strongman?

A Post-Soviet Authoritarian

The Invasion of Ukraine

Notes

7 The Russian Constitution

How the Constitution Is Structured

Acknowledgements

8 The Presidency

Presidential Administration and Government

Russian Presidents

Important Caveat: Constraints On the Hegemonic Presidency

The Presidency Today - and Looking Ahead

9 The Federal Assembly - More Than Just a "Rubber Stamp"?

Parliamentary Power in Post-Soviet Russia

Law-making

Oversight

Representation and Elite Recruitment

Popular Approval and Legitimacy

References.

10 National Elections in Russia

Elections Since 1993

Electoral System

Parties in the Russian System

The Current Party System

Assessing the Electoral Integrity of the Russian Political System

11 State Intervention and Russia's Frozen Dominant Party System

Measuring Party System Structure: Numbers, Spatial Relations, and Organisation

The Consolidation of an Autocratic Party System

Russia's First Party System

The Consolidation of an Autocratic Party System, 1999-2007

Party System Autocracy

Persistent Challenges From Below and From Outside the System

12 Local Government

Historical Background

Municipal Reform of the 2000s

Counter-reform of the 2010s

The Constitutional Reform of 2020-22 and the Dismantling of the LSG

The Centralising Essence of the Reform.

LSG in Public Policy

Repression of Mayors and the Refusal of Direct Elections

Chronology of Detentions of Governors and Mayors of Regional Capitals

The Case of Mayor Klein

13 Federalism and De-Federalisation in Russia

Introduction

Defining Federalism

Federalism and Democracy

The Foundations of Russia's Federal System 1991-3

An Asymmetrical Federation

The Distribution of Powers

From Constitutional to Contract Federalism, December 1993-9

Bilateral Treaties

Defederalisation Under Putin

1. The Creation of Federal Super-Districts

2. Reform of the Federation and State Councils and Creation of the Council of Legislators

3. Enhancing Presidential Control Over the Constitutional Court

4. The Campaign to Bring Regional Charters and Republican Constitutions Into Line With the Russian Constitution and Federal Laws

5. The Appointment/election of Regional Chief Executives.

6. Clarifying the Powers of Federal, Regional and Local Bodies of Power

7. The Merger of Federal Subjects

14 Centre-Regional Relations in Russia

The Exceptional Role of Moscow

The Centre-Periphery Model Based On Dominance

Most Regions Rely On Subsidies From Moscow

The Limits of Possible Reform

The Limits of Centralisation

COVID-19 and the Centre-Regional Relationship

15 Politics in Russian Regions

Politics in the Regions in Putin's Russia

Conceptualising Regional Variation

Sub-national Political Regimes

Personalist Politics

Electoral Geography

Contentious Politics

The Special Case of Ethnic Regions

16 Decision-Making

The President

The Government

The State Duma

Regions

Popular Participation, the Expert Community and Other Outsiders

Change Over Time

17 State Capacity and Russia

State Capacity: Conceptualisation

State Capacity: Measurement

Post-Soviet Russia: State Collapse and State Building

18 Russia's Retreat From Human Rights

Russia Adopts a New Human Rights Vocabulary

Yeltsin's Mixed Legacy

Russia and the European Court of Human Rights

The Torture and Death of Sergei Magnitsky

Putin's Return in 2012 and the Crackdown On Human Rights

The Russian State as a Defender of Human Rights

The Renewed Emphasis On Social Rights

Putin Re-Writes the Constitution

The Closure of Memorial

19 Protest and Opposition

A Conflictual Relationship

Protest in the 1990s and 2000s

The "For Fair Elections" Protests

Protest After FFE

Mobilisation as a Political Strategy

Politicising Protest.

Protest and Opposition - Two Forms of the Same Threat?

20 The Security Services

Developments in the Russian Security Apparatus Since 1991

KGB Successor Organisations

The Interior Ministry (MVD)

The National Guard

The Ministry of Defence

The Influence of the Russian Security Apparatus and the Role of the Siloviki

21 The Military

The Lost Years of the 1990s

War in Chechnya: 1994-96

Recognising the Scale of the Problem: Vladimir Putin's First Presidency

War With Georgia and Serious Military Reform

The Military as a Tool of Foreign Policy: Putin Returns to the Presidency

24 February 2022: Russia Invades Ukraine

Part 3 Political Economy

22 Political Economy

Russia's Hybrid Political Economy in the 1990s

Putin and Patrimonial Capitalism

23 Crony Capitalism in Contemporary Russia and What Globalisation Has to do With It

State-business Relations and Property Rights

The Dynamics of Russia's Crony Capitalism in Historical Perspective

Political Centralisation

Economic Concentration

Energy Rents

Global-local Interdependencies: Institutions and Global Arbitrage

24 The Russian Corporation: Between Neoliberalism and the Security State

The Soviet Legacy

The Character of the Putin Regime

The Evolution of Russia's Economic Elite

The Nature of Business-State Relations

The Impact of Sanctions

The Peculiarities of the Russian Petrostate

25 Russian International Economic Policy: Purposes and Performance

Russian International Economic Policy and Performance: Consumer Utility and Geostrategic Power

Policy Environment 2014-22

International Economic Sanctions

The West's Sanctions Package.

US Trade Sanctions Against Russia

Key Features of EU and American Sanctions

Effects On the Russian Economy

Effects On Russian Defence

Restraining Effects of Economic Sanctions

Russian International Economic Performance 2014-22

Welfare

Performance, Potential and Prospects

Postscript

Part 4 Society

26 Russian Population Dynamics in the Putin Era

Overview

Data Sources

Population Size, Structure, and Growth

Natural Increase and Population Growth

Fertility

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Mortality

International Migration

27 Inequality in Russia

Income and Wealth Inequality in Modern Russia: Between West and East?

Non-monetary Inequalities in Russian Society

Social Stratification Factors

Public Perceptions of Inequality and Social Structure

28 Russian Labour: Between Stability and Stagnation

The Soviet Labour Legacy

Economic Challenges

Social Challenges

Political Challenges

Russia's Labour Dilemma

29 Gender in Russia: State Policy and Lived Reality

Gender and State Policy

Gender in Post-Soviet Russia

Gender in the Labour Market

Gender in the Household

30 The Rise of a Hybrid Welfare State in Putin's Russia: Social Welfare Under Authoritarianism

The Zigzags of Post-Soviet Welfare State Restructuring

Understanding the Legacies of the Soviet Past

Welfare State Liberalisation in Yeltsin's Russia (1992-99)

The Welfare State in Putin's Russia: Towards Further Liberalisation and Hybridisation of the Welfare System

31 Media and Culture in Putin's Russia

Post-Soviet Russia's Media Transformations

The Changing Russian Media Ecology.

Russian Media and the Socio-Political Environment.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003218234

1003218237

9781000787245

1000787249

OCLC:

1345615382