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Russian Government and Politics.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shiraev, Eric
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Macmillan Education UK, 2020.
Edition:3rd ed.
Series:Comparative Government and Politics Ser.
Subjects:
Russia (Federation) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrative Material
  • Preface
  • The structure of the book
  • What is new to the third edition?
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I: Russia: Continuity and Change
  • 1: Studying Russian Government and Politics
  • Why we study Russia
  • Russia as a country
  • Location, size, and geopolitics
  • Regional power
  • Military power
  • Economic and energy power
  • Cultural hub
  • A multiethnic state
  • Russia and the world
  • How we study Russia
  • Official reports
  • Documents, letters, and communiqués
  • Intelligence reports
  • Memoirs and eyewitness sources
  • Media reports
  • Surveys
  • Views of Russia and its politics
  • On facts and theory in studying Russia
  • Domestic politics and views of Russia
  • Critical thinking in studying Russia
  • Emotions and judgments
  • Differences in perception
  • Multiple causes of events
  • Political pressure
  • Conclusion
  • 2: The Roots: The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
  • Early Russian states
  • Mongol rule
  • The strengthening of Moscow
  • Russia as an empire
  • Reforms of Peter the Great
  • Becoming a major power
  • The reforms of the 1860s-70s
  • The revolutions
  • The revolution of 1905-07
  • The revolutions of 1917
  • The events of February 1917
  • The events of October and November 1917
  • The development of the Soviet state
  • The civil war
  • Industrialization
  • Agricultural policies
  • Government bureaucracy
  • Foreign policy
  • Political repression
  • Political mobilization
  • Josef Stalin (1878-1953)
  • World War II
  • The Soviet Union during the Cold War
  • The postwar reconstruction
  • The thaw
  • The stagnation period
  • Critical thinking about Russia's history
  • The imperial-moralistic tradition
  • The critical-liberal tradition
  • The "unique experience" models
  • The old and new Sovietologists
  • Conclusion
  • 3: The Soviet Transformation, 1985-91
  • The beginning of the transformation
  • Mounting problems
  • The rise of Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Attempts to revive the old system
  • Perestroika and glasnost
  • Opening up
  • Reforming the Communist Party
  • Further political changes
  • Economic reforms
  • Weakening the federal system
  • Changes in foreign policy
  • Changes in the military
  • Unintended consequences
  • Growing problems
  • Criticisms of foreign policy
  • The strengthening of the opposition
  • The August 1991 coup
  • Critical thinking about the Soviet transformation
  • International factors: the Cold War pressures
  • International factors: imperial overstretch
  • Domestic economic and political factors
  • Domestic factors: the elites
  • Individual factors: the Gorbachev-Yeltsin struggle
  • Conclusion
  • Part II: Institutions and Players
  • 4: The Executive Branch
  • Key developments
  • The adoption of the Constitution
  • The conflict
  • The president of the Russian Federation
  • President's functions
  • The transformation of the executive branch
  • The early evolution of the system (1991-2000)