Restructuring Post-Communist Russia

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511509995

Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the question of 'whither Russia?' has been the source of ceaseless speculation both at home and abroad. In search of answers, twelve highly qualified scholars examine the complex interplay between continuity and change that has marked developments in Russia under the leadership first of Boris Yeltsin and now of Vladimir Putin. Analsying the recent past, they also peer into the country's future. In his introduction to the volume Peter Rutland asks whether we are witnessing the gradual entrenchment of parliamentary democracy, the slow return to autocracy or mere political stagnation. Restructuring Post-Communist Russia poses the fundamental questions while providing the information and analysis needed to give the (at least, preliminary) answers.

"All chapters are written by experts in their fields, including such intellectual giants as Theodore Friedgut and Marshall Goldman. Highly recommended." C. Marsh, Baylor University

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
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Contributors
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Preface
pp xi-xii
- By Yitzhak Brudny, Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Russia Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jonathan Frankel, Professor of Russian and Contemporary Jewish Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stefani Hoffman, Director of the Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Restructuring Post-Communist Russia
pp xiii-xiv
- By Yitzhak Brudny, Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Russia Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jonathan Frankel, Professor of Russian and Contemporary Jewish Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stefani Hoffman, Director of the Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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INTRODUCTION
pp 1-2
- By Yitzhak Brudny, Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Russia Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jonathan Frankel, Professor of Russian and Contemporary Jewish Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stefani Hoffman, Director of the Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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What comes after socialism?
pp 3-18
- By Peter Rutland, Professor of Political Science Wesleyan University
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THE COMPARATIVE DIMENSION
pp 19-20
- By Yitzhak Brudny, Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Russia Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jonathan Frankel, Professor of Russian and Contemporary Jewish Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stefani Hoffman, Director of the Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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What went wrong? Post-communist transformations in comparative perspective
pp 21-51
- By Anatoly M. Khazanov, Professor of Anthropology University of Wisconsin—Madison
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Communist legacies and new trajectories: Democracy and dictatorship in the former Soviet Union and East Central Europe
pp 52-67
- By Alexander J. Motyl, Professor of Political Science and Deputy Director of the Center for Global Change and Governance Rutgers University-Newark
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Learning from post-socialism
pp 68-96
- By Valerie Bunce, Chair of International Studies and chairs the Government Department Cornell University
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Ukraine's hollow decade
pp 97-116
- By Ilya Prizel, Professor of Political Science and History University of Pittsburgh
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RUSSIA IN FREE FALL? KEY CHALLENGES
pp 117-118
- By Yitzhak Brudny, Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Russia Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jonathan Frankel, Professor of Russian and Contemporary Jewish Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stefani Hoffman, Director of the Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The Russian transition to the market: Success or failure?
pp 119-135
- By Marshall I. Goldman, Professor of Russian Economics (Emeritus) Wellesley College; Associate Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University
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Potholes on the road to a flourishing Russia: Structural problems in the second decade
pp 136-159
- By Theodore H. Friedgut, Professor Emeritus of Russian studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The search for a national identity in the Russia of Yeltsin and Putin
pp 160-178
- By Vera Tolz, Professor of Russian History and Deputy Director of the European Studies Research Institute University of Salford, United Kingdom
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THE RUSSIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM: TOWARD STABILIZATION?
pp 179-180
- By Yitzhak Brudny, Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Russia Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jonathan Frankel, Professor of Russian and Contemporary Jewish Studies Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Stefani Hoffman, Director of the Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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The dilemmas of federalism: Moscow and the regions in the Russian Federation
pp 181-207
- By Oksana Oracheva, Director of the International Fellowships Program Moscow office of the Institute of International Education; Associate Professor of Political Science and Political Governance Russian Civil Service Academy attached to the office of the Russian president
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The evolution of the multiparty system
pp 208-225
- By Andrey Ryabov, Scholar in residence Carnegie Moscow Center
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The elections since 1989: The end of the chapter?
pp 226-249
- By Nikolai V. Petrov, Senior research associate Institute of Geography, the Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of the Center for Political Geographic Research Moscow
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Leaders, structural conditions, and Russia's foreign policy
pp 250-270
- By Rajan Menon, Professor of International Relations Lehigh University
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Index
pp 271-286
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Contributors
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

Restructuring Post-Communist Russia
pp xiii-xiv

INTRODUCTION
pp 1-2

What comes after socialism?
pp 3-18

THE COMPARATIVE DIMENSION
pp 19-20

What went wrong? Post-communist transformations in comparative perspective
pp 21-51

Communist legacies and new trajectories: Democracy and dictatorship in the former Soviet Union and East Central Europe
pp 52-67

Learning from post-socialism
pp 68-96

Ukraine's hollow decade
pp 97-116

RUSSIA IN FREE FALL? KEY CHALLENGES
pp 117-118

The Russian transition to the market: Success or failure?
pp 119-135

Potholes on the road to a flourishing Russia: Structural problems in the second decade
pp 136-159

The search for a national identity in the Russia of Yeltsin and Putin
pp 160-178

THE RUSSIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM: TOWARD STABILIZATION?
pp 179-180

The dilemmas of federalism: Moscow and the regions in the Russian Federation
pp 181-207

The evolution of the multiparty system
pp 208-225

The elections since 1989: The end of the chapter?
pp 226-249

Leaders, structural conditions, and Russia's foreign policy
pp 250-270

Index
pp 271-286

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