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Russian politics and society / Richard Sakwa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.Edition: 4th ed., Fully rev. and updatedDescription: xix, 585 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415415279 (hardback)
  • 0415415276 (hardback)
  • 9780415415286 (pbk.)
  • 0415415284 (pbk.)
  • 9780203931257 (ebook)
  • 0203931254 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.947
LOC classification:
  • JN 6695 S158r 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
p. 1. The fall of communism and the rebirth of Russia -- Soviet communism and its dissolution -- The disintegration of the USSR -- The phoney democracy, 1991-3 -- p. 2. Political institutions and processes -- Constitutionalism and the law -- Crime, corruption and security -- The executive -- Party development -- Electoral politics -- The legislature -- p. 3. Nationalism, federalism and regionalism -- National identity and state-building -- Federalism and the new state -- Segmented regionalism and the new federalism -- p. 4. Economy and society -- Russian capitalism -- Society and social movements -- Cultural transformation -- p. 5. Foreign, security and neighbourhood policy -- Foreign policy -- Defence and security policy -- Commonwealth, community and fragmentation -- p. 6. Dilemmas of democratisation -- Problems of transition -- Democracy in Russia.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JN 6695 S158r 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000111981

Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-571) and index.

p. 1. The fall of communism and the rebirth of Russia -- Soviet communism and its dissolution -- The disintegration of the USSR -- The phoney democracy, 1991-3 -- p. 2. Political institutions and processes -- Constitutionalism and the law -- Crime, corruption and security -- The executive -- Party development -- Electoral politics -- The legislature -- p. 3. Nationalism, federalism and regionalism -- National identity and state-building -- Federalism and the new state -- Segmented regionalism and the new federalism -- p. 4. Economy and society -- Russian capitalism -- Society and social movements -- Cultural transformation -- p. 5. Foreign, security and neighbourhood policy -- Foreign policy -- Defence and security policy -- Commonwealth, community and fragmentation -- p. 6. Dilemmas of democratisation -- Problems of transition -- Democracy in Russia.

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