Pearson Techonology Group - Russian Politics And Society: An Introduction

Catalog Search:

Related Topics:
HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE
Social Science
Political Science

Russian Politics And Society: An Introduction 1/e

Catherine Danks
Published April 2002 by Longman
Copyright 2002, 456 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0582473004

List Price:
$38.80
Inventory Status:
In-Stock

Summary

Catherine Danks provides a lively, authoritative and contemporary introduction to post-communist Russia, looking at both the politics and society of one of the world's most fascinating countries. Wide-ranging in scope, the book promotes a comprehensive understanding of contemporary Russia. The Soviet legacy provides a constant theme together with the problems encountered in creating a liberal democratic system and a market economy.

* examines the collapse of Soviet power through the Yeltsin years

* provides an in-depth examination of Yeltsin's legacy

* covers the 1999 State Duma elections and the March 2000 election of President Putin

* analyses Putin's first months in office

* each chapter packed with feature boxes covering key moments, issues and personalities

Catherine Danks is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Economic History, Manchester Metropolitan University

Features

Examines the collapse of Soviet power through the Yeltsin years.
Provides an in-depth examination of Yeltsin's legacy.
Covers the 1999 State Duma elections and the March 2000 election of President Putin.
Analyses Putin's first months in office.
Learning aids - Each chapter is packed with feature boxes covering key moments, issues and personalities reinforcing key concepts and providing students with accessible and engaging means to develop a further understanding of the country.

Table of Contents

Preface.
Book guide.
Note on transliteration.
PART I: THE MAKING OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
1. Introduction. Transforming Russia.
2. Gorbachev and Reconstruction: Reforming the Unreformable?
3. Russia and the Russians.
PART II: THE MAKING OF THE RUSSIAN STATE.
4. President and Parliament.
5. The Russian Federation.
6. The Judiciary and Human Rights.
7. The State in Uniform.
PART III: THE MAKING OF RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY.
8. The People Speak.
9. The Mass Media.
PART IV: REFORMING RUSSIA.
10. From Superpower to Great Power: Russia and the World.
11. Reforming the Economy.
12. Society and Social Policy.
13. Conclusions.
APPENDICES.
1. The Dynamics of State Duma Elections 1993 -1999.
2. The State Duma.
3. The Federal Organs of Executive Power of the RF.
4. The Presidential Administration of the RF.
Constitution.
Chronology.
Glossary of acronyms and terms.
Biographies.
Bibliography.
Index.

back to top