Presidential Power in Russia

by Eugene Huskey

Overview

This is the first major assessment of the role of the presidency in Russia's difficult transition form communist rule. Huskey analyzes the establishment and functioning of the Russian presidency as an institution and in relation to the other leading institutions of state: the government, parliament, courts, and regional authorities. Although this is not a biography of the first president, Boris Yeltsin, his allies and his rivals loom large in the study of a critical phase in the creation of a new Russian political system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563245367
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/1997
Series:	New Russian Political System Series
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Maps, Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction, 2. The Making of the Russian Presidency, 3. The Institutional Presidency, 4. President and Prime Minister, 5. The Politics of the Dual Executive: Policy Making on War and Peace, Finance, and Legal Affairs, 6. The Presidency and Parliament, 7. The Presidency and the Provinces, 8. Conclusion, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index, About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Drawing on newly available sources and interviews with Russian scholars and officials, Huskey (political science and Russian studies, Stetson U., DeLand, Florida) adds to the burgeoning Western literature on Russian political development by reviewing the record of the Kremlin presidency in managing transition-era political crises since Yelstin's ascent to it in 1991. The analysis focuses on how this new office has acquired new levers of political decision-making, and on political relations between the president and other leading state institutions (detailed in tables and figures). The author concludes that the very weakness of Yeltsin's leadership has helped maintain a relatively stable equilibrium among the myriad political forces. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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