Russian Politics and Society (Paperback, 5 ed)

Part 1: The Fall of Communism and the Rebirth of Russia  1. Soviet communism and its dissolution  2. The disintegration of the USSR  3. Phoney democracy, 1991-1993 51  Part 2: Political Institutions and Processes  4. Constitutionalism and the law  5. Crime, corruption and security  6. The executive  7. Party development  8. Electoral politics  9. The legislature  Part 3: Nationalism, Federalism and Regionalism  10. National identity and state building  11. Federalism and the new state  12. Segmented regionalism and the new federalism  Part 4: Economy and Society  13. Russian capitalism  14. Society and social movements  15. Cultural transformation  Part 5: Foreign, Security and Neighbourhood Policy  16. Foreign policy  17. Defence and security policy  18. Commonwealth, community and fragmentation  Part 6: Dilemmas of Democratisation  19. Problems of transition  20. Democracy in Russia  Appendix The Russian constitution  Select bibliography  Index