Politics and the Ruling Group in Putin's Russia

by S. White (Editor)

Overview

There is little consensus about the nature of the political system that has emerged during the Putin presidency. This collection considers the issues arising in this connection, focusing more closely on institutions such as the presidency and the security police, and on the socioeconomic dimensions of political power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230524835
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/11/2008
Series:	Studies in Central and Eastern Europe
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	173
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

STEPHEN WHITE is Professor of International Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK, and a Senior Research Associate in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He is the chief editor of the Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics and author or co-author of more than thirty books including Developments in Central and East European Politics 4, Developments in Russian Politics 6, Putin's Russia and the Enlarged Europe, and Party Politics in New Democracies.

Date of Birth:

June 6, 1885

Date of Death:

March 30, 1966

Table of Contents

What Kind of Political Regime Does Russia Have?; H-H.Schröder The Presidentialization of a Semi-Presidential Regime: The Case of Russia; O.Zaznaev The Russian Federal Security Service under President Putin; E.Schneider The Inherent Instability of the Ruling Elite; H.Ticktin Interest Groups and Economic Reform in Contemporary Russia: Before and After Yukos; A.Yakovlev The 'Oligarchs' in Russian Mass Consciousness; A.Chepurenko Are Russia's Oligarchs Scapegoats? Some Empirical Evidence from the Russian Press; J.Fruchtmann Unintentional Humour in Oligarkh and Antikiller , or How New Are the 'New Russians'?; A.Rogachevsky

Editorial Reviews

'The book is sure to be the standard history of the Yukos affair and as a result will be a major text on the development of Russia's politics and political economy for some time to come.'

- The Authors Journal

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