<p><span>The 9</span><span><sup>th</sup></span><span> iteration of this go-to textbook on contemporary Russian politics offers comprehensive and critical discussion of the countryβs most recent developments, providing substantive coverage of the key areas in domestic and foreign Russian politics. Ra
Developments in Russian Politics 4
β Scribed by Stephen White, Alex Pravda, Zvi Gitelman (eds.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 318
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
From the USSR to Postcommunist Russia....Pages 1-18
From Communism to Democracy?....Pages 19-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Presidential Power....Pages 37-60
From Soviets to Parliamentarism....Pages 61-81
Parties and Public Organisations....Pages 82-103
Elections and Voting Behaviour....Pages 104-128
The Progress of Human Rights....Pages 129-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
The Rocky Road from Plan to Market....Pages 149-168
Health and Health Care Policy....Pages 169-188
Women and Public Life....Pages 189-207
The Politics of Foreign Policy....Pages 208-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Federalism and Regionalism....Pages 229-250
Regional and Local Politics....Pages 251-265
The Democratisation of Russia in Comparative Perspective....Pages 266-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-304
β¦ Subjects
Russian and Post-Soviet Politics; Political Science
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