Change and continuity in Russian politics -- The Soviet system -- Perestroika and the fall of the USSR -- Yeltsin and the politics of crisis -- Putinism, reform and retrenchment -- Presidency and parliaments -- Russian federalism -- Political parties and opposition -- Elections and voters -- The new Russian political economy -- Russia and the world -- What kind of polity is Russia?
Summary:
"In this innovative new book, Neil Robinson places contemporary Russian politics in historical perspective to argue that Putin's regime has not overcome the problems that underpinned the momentous changes in twentieth-century Russian history when Russia veered from Tsarism to Soviet rule to post-communist chaos"-- Provided by publisher.
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