Russian politics and society

• List of figures
• p. ix

• List of tables
• p. x

• Preface to the third edition
• p. xi

• Acknowledgements
• p. xiii

• Note on style, spelling and transliteration
• p. xiv

• Glossary of acronyms, acrostics and terms
• p. xv

• Part I
• The fall of communism and the rebirth of Russia
• p. 1

• 1
• Soviet communism and its dissolution
• p. 3

• The Soviet system
• p. 4

• Perestroika
• p. 8

• The emergence of Russia
• p. 16

• Popular insurgency and regime decay
• p. 19

• Conclusion
• p. 24

• 2
• The disintegration of the USSR
• p. 27

• The August coup
• p. 27

• The disintegration of the USSR
• p. 31

• Problems of state-building
• p. 38

• Conclusion
• p. 41

• Part II
• Political institutions and processes
• p. 43

• 3
• The new constitutional order
• p. 45

• Crisis and culminations: October 1993
• p. 45

• The 1993 constitution
• p. 54

• The Constitutional Court
• p. 66

• Constitutionalism, law and the state
• p. 68

• Conclusion
• p. 70

• 4
• Law and society
• p. 72

• The legal system
• p. 72

• Crime and the mafia
• p. 79

• Corruption and metacorruption
• p. 81

• The security apparatus and politics
• p. 91

• Human and civil rights
• p. 95

• Conclusion
• p. 96

• 5
• The executive
• p. 98

• The presidency
• p. 98

• The government
• p. 109

• Public administration: from nomenklatura to civil service?
• p. 122

• Conclusion
• p. 123

• 6
• The legislature
• p. 125

• The State Duma
• p. 125

• The Federation Council (FC)
• p. 132

• Parliamentarianism and Russian politics
• p. 137

• Conclusion
• p. 138

• 7
• Electoral politics
• p. 140

• The experience of elections
• p. 140

• Elections and the Russian political system
• p. 164

• Conclusion
• p. 170

• 8
• Party development
• p. 172

• Stages of party development
• p. 172

• Parties and the multi-party system
• p. 184

• Problems of social representation
• p. 189

• Conclusion
• p. 199

• Part III
• Federalism, regionalism and nationalism
• p. 201

• 9
• Federalism and the state
• p. 203

• Ethno-federalism and its legacy
• p. 203

• Russian federalism
• p. 214

• Conclusion
• p. 222

• 10
• Regional and local politics
• p. 224

• The organisation of power
• p. 224

• Federalism and regional politics
• p. 230

• Local self-government
• p. 248

• Conclusion
• p. 252

• 11
• National identity and state-building
• p. 254

• From empire to state
• p. 254

• Russian national identity
• p. 262

• State-building
• p. 267

• Conclusion
• p. 274

• Part IV
• Economy and society
• p. 277

• 12
• Marketising the economy
• p. 279

• The road to the market
• p. 279

• Problems of the Russian economy
• p. 291

• Evaluation of market reform
• p. 300

• Conclusion
• p. 303

• 13
• Society and social movements
• p. 305

• Social structure and dynamics
• p. 305

• Welfare and incomes
• p. 313

• Social movements
• p. 318

• Conclusion
• p. 329

• 14
• Cultural transformation
• p. 331

• The media
• p. 331

• Culture and the intelligentsia
• p. 335

• Religion and the state
• p. 337

• Political culture and public opinion
• p. 339

• The crisis of values
• p. 344

• Conclusion
• p. 346

• Part V
• Foreign policies
• p. 347

• 15
• Foreign policy
• p. 349

• The evolution of foreign policy
• p. 349

• The structure of policy-making
• p. 356

• The debate over foreign policy
• p. 360

• Russia and the world
• p. 365

• Conclusion
• p. 373

• 16
• Commonwealth, community and fragmentation
• p. 375

• The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
• p. 375

• Security and peacekeeping
• p. 387

• Minorities and Russians abroad
• p. 391

• Conclusion
• p. 394

• 17
• Defence and security policy
• p. 396

• The end of the Soviet armed forces
• p. 396

• The great retreat
• p. 399

• Defence conversion and arms sales
• p. 402

• Nuclear politics and non-proliferation
• p. 403

• Military reform
• p. 405

• Civil-military relations
• p. 409

• Military and security doctrine
• p. 413

• Security policy and Nato enlargement
• p. 414

• Conclusion
• p. 420

• Part VI
• Dilemmas of democratisation
• p. 423

• 18
• Problems of transition
• p. 425

• The challenge of history
• p. 425

• Transitional justice
• p. 430

• Models of transition
• p. 432

• Conclusion
• p. 443

• 19
• Pluralism, elites, regime and leadership
• p. 445

• Russian pluralism
• p. 445

• Old and new elites
• p. 448

• Regime politics
• p. 454

• Leadership and regime change
• p. 458

• Conclusion
• p. 461

• 20
• Democracy in Russia
• p. 463

• Democracy, liberalism and the Russian state
• p. 463

• A struggling democracy?
• p. 469

• Notes
• p. 475

• Select bibliography
• p. 524

• Index
• p. 527