Russian Politics and Society Book

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List of tables

Note on style, spelling and transliteration

Glossary of acronyms, acrostics and terms

Pt. I The fall of communism and the rebirth of Russia 1

1 Soviet communism and its dissolution 3

2 The disintegration of the USSR 25

3 Phoney democracy, 1991-3 40

Pt. II Political institutions and processes 61

4 Constitutionalism and the law 63

5 Crime, corruption and security 83

6 The executive 105

7 Party development 128

8 Electoral politics 160

9 The legislature 188

Pt. III Nationalism, federalism and regionalism 205

10 National identity and state-building 207

11 Federalism and the new state 236

12 Segmented regionalism and the new federalism 255

Pt. IV Economy and society 285

13 Russian capitalism 287

14 Society and social movements 314

15 Cultural transformation 345

Pt. V Foreign, security and neighbourhood policy 363

16 Foreign policy 365

17 Defence and security policy 392

18 Commonwealth, community and fragmentation 420

Pt. VI Dilemmas of democratisation 441

19 Problems of transition 443

20 Democracy in Russia 463

App The Russian constitution 478

Notes 514

Select bibliography 567

Index 572