Contemporary Russian Politics A Reader [Paperback]

A unique Reader that brings together outstanding published works on Russian politics, this important book includes fourteen new, updated articles specially written for this collection. It analyzes major recent developments, including the Duma election of 1999, the Presidential election of 2000, and the institutional changes launched by President Putin. It covers institutional design, elections, parties, federalism, regional politics, presidency and legislature, economic reform and economic interests, foreign policy, public opinion, the mass media, and prospects for democracy. Including many specially commissioned contributions from more than forty of the world's leading specialists on Russian politics--a third of them Russians--makes this the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to political institutions and processes in Putin's Russia. Remaining accessible to a wide readership, it also breaks new ground on Russian politics.

General Introduction
Institutional Design
Introduction,Archie Brown
1. The Tactical Origins of Russia's New Political Institutions,Igor Klyamkin and Lilia Shevtsova
2. Re-examining Russia: Institutions and Incentives,Peter Ordershook
3. Democracy and Institutional Design in Russia,Eugene Huskey
4. Institutional design, Uncertainty, and Path Dependency during Transitions: Cases for Russia,Michael McFaul
The Presidency and Political Leadership
Introduction,Archie Brown
5. Sifting Through the Rubble of the Yeltsin Years,John B. Dunlop
6. Boris Yeltsin as Patriarch,George Breslauer
7. Overcoming the Yeltsin Legacy: Vladimir Putin and Russian Institutional Reform,Eugene Huskey
The Legislature and the Law
8. Legislative Politics in Russia,Paul Chaisty
9. Parliament and the Presidency,Eugene Huskey
10. Rewriting the Rules of the Game in Russia,l³°