Leading Russia Putin in Perspective Essays in Honour of Archie Brown [Hardcover]

Bringing together leading Russian specialists from around the globe, this is a key assessment of the leadership of Vladimir Putin as he embarks upon his second term in the Kremlin.Leading Russiahighlights the ambiguities and contradictions inherent in the project of a leader using traditional heavy-handed methods to create a modern and efficient political and economic system.


1. Archie Brown,Alex Pravda
2. Introduction: Putin in Perspective,Alex Pravda
3. Putin: Rulership and the Russian Historical Tradition,Robert Service
4. On Strong and Weak Leaders and States: Russia in Comparative Post-Communist Perspective,Leslie Holmes
5. Presidential Cottails: Putin and the Duma Elections of 1999 and 2003,Timothy Colton
6. Majority Control and Executive Dominance: Relations Between Parliament and President in Putin's Russia,Paul Chaisty
7. Explaining Putin's Popularity and its Implications for Democracy in Russia,Stephen Whitefield
8. Putin as Patron: Cadres Policy in the Russian Transition,Eugene Huskey
9. Putin and the 'Oligarchs': A Two-Sided Commitment Problem,William Tompson
10. Putin's Reform of the Russian Federation,Neil Melvin
11. Putin's Political Choice: Towards Bureaucratic Authoritarianism,Lilia Shevtsova
12. Putin's Foreign Policy Choices,Andre Grachev
An Annotated Bibliography of Archie Brown's Published Work

...a notable tribute to Brown and a valuable addition to the literature on contemporary Russian politics. The quality of the essays inLeading Russiatestifies to the stature of Archie Brown in the community of scholars of Soviet and post-Soviet politics, and to the enduring centrality of one of Brown's long-term interests-the problem of political leadership. --The Russian Review

This is a significant book... --Foreign Affairs

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