Developments in Russian Politics 5

Russia has a new parliament and a new president, and the shape of its future political life remains uncertain. Taking the elections of 1999 and 2000 as their starting point, the contributors to Developments in Russian Politics 5 describe the institutional framework of the post -- Yeltsin system and examine the policy choices that confront the Putin administration. This completely revised edition includes new discussions of such topics as media and political communication, crime and corruption, and Russia's continuing search for a 'national idea.' Other sections cover elections and electoral procedures, parties and organized interests, as well as economic, social, and foreign policy.

Written by leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, Developments in Russian Politics 5 will replace earlier editions as the leading text for students of Russia and for a wider group of readers seeking a reliable and up-to-date introduction to the politics of the world's largest country.

Stephen White is Professor of Politics and a Senior Associate of the Institute of Central and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow Alex Pravda is Director of the Russian and East European Centre and Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford University Zvi Gitelman is Professor of Political Science and Preston Tisch Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

List of Figures and Tables

ix

Preface

x

Notes on the Contributors

xi

List of Abbreviations

xv

Glossary of Terms

xvi

From Communism to Democracy?

1

(20)

Stephen White

The Failure of Communist Reform

3

(7)

Constructing Postcommunism

10

(11)

Part One: The Framework of Government

The Presidency: From Yeltsin to Putin

21

(21)

John P. Willerton Jr

Tradition of Strong Executives

23

(1)

Yeltsin and the Forging of the Post-Soviet Presidency

24

(3)

Institutional Arrangements

27

(7)

Informal Prerogatives and Power Realities

34

(4)

Putin and the Russian Federation's Second Decade

38

(4)

Parliamentary Politics in Russia

42

(20)

Thomas F. Remington

The RSFSR Transition-Era Parliament

44

(1)

Boris Yeltsin and the Crisis of 1993

45

(3)

The Federal Assembly

48

(7)

The Legislative Process in the Federal Assembly

55

(5)

The Federal Assembly in Perspective

60

(2)

Elections and Voters

62

(22)

Matthew Wyman

The Electoral Process

63

(3)

Trends in Parliamentary Elections

66

(4)

The 2000 Presidential Election

70

(5)

Social Characteristics of Voters

75

(5)

Regional Voting Trends

80

(2)

Conclusions

82

(2)

Parties and Organised Interests

84

(24)

Richard Sakwa

The Emergence of Pluralism

84

(9)

Civil Society Today

93

(4)

Problems of Social Representation in Contemporary Russia

97

(9)

Conclusion

106

(2)

Russia and the Rule of Law

108

(20)

Gordon B. Smith

Communist Legacy

108

(3)

Drafting the Rules

111

(1)

`If You Build It, They Will Come'

112

(14)

Conclusion

126

(2)

From Federalisation to Recentralisation

128

(19)

James Hughes

Defining Federalism

128

(3)

Limiting Conditions for Ethnic Separatism

131

(4)

Presidentialism and Patrimonial Federalism

135

(2)

Chechnya and the Failure of Refederalisation

137

(2)

Putin's Federal Recentralisation

139

(5)

Conclusion

144

(3)

Politics in the Regions

147

(24)

Darrell Slider

Institutional Development in the Regions

148

(8)

The Fate of Reform in Russian Regions

156

(10)

Putin and the Prospects for Reform

166

(5)

Part Two: Patterns of Public Policy

Economic Policy under Yeltsin and Putin

171

(19)

William Tompson

Gaidar's Inheritance

172

(2)

The Liberalism of Weak States

174

(5)

Structural Weakness and the August Collapse

179

(3)

Policy Trade-offs and the Micro/Macro Conundrum

182

(4)

The Role of the West: Financing Non-Reform

186

(1)

An Agenda for Putin

187

(3)

Health and Health Care Policy

190

(25)

Judith Shapiro

Three Crises Maturing

191

(6)

The Crisis of the Virtual Post-Soviet Health Care System

197

(5)

Russian Health and Mortality

202

(3)

The Soviet Legacy and the Russian Inheritance

205

(5)

Maturing Crisis

210

(3)

Social Policy: Plus Ca Change?

213

(2)

Foreign Policy

215

(24)

Alex Pravda

Russia and the `Near Abroad'

215

(9)

Russia and the `Far Abroad'

224

(15)

Part Three: Current Issues

Crime and Corruption

239

(15)

Louise Shelley

Crime and Criminals

240

(3)

Corruption

243

(4)

Organised Crime

247

(5)

Conclusion

252

(2)

Politics and the Media

254

(15)

Sarah Oates

Media in the Soviet Era

254

(2)

The Growth of Television

256

(1)

Glasnost and the Russian Media

257

(3)

The Russian Media in an Emerging Nation

260

(3)

Bias in the Russian Media

263

(4)

Conclusions

267

(2)

Values and the Construction of a National Identity

269

(20)

Vera Tolz

Theoretical and Historical Background

270

(2)

Defining the Boundaries of the Russian Nation

272

(8)

Russian Identity between West and East

280

(5)

Conclusion

285

(4)

Part Four: Conclusion

Russian Democratisation in Comparative Perspective

289

(14)

Zvi Gitelman

What is Democracy?

289

(2)

Transition, Democratisation and Consolidation

291

(1)

The Prospects for Democracy in Russia

292

(5)

Democratisation in Russia in Comparative Perspective

297

(6)

Guide to Further Reading

303

(6)

Bibliography

309

(18)

Index

327

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