Gill G., Young J. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society

London — New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2012. — xiii, 483 p.There are an ever burgeoning number of books analysing the Russian experience, or aspects of it. This Handbook is the first single volume work that gives both a broad survey of the literature as well as highlighting the cutting edge research in the area. Through both empirical data and theoretical investigation, each chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society examines both the Russian experience and the existing literature, points to research trends, and identifies issues that remain to be resolved.
Offering focused studies of the key elements of Russian social and political life, the book is organised into the following broad themes:
• General introduction
• Political institutions
• Political economy
• Society
• Foreign policy
Politically, economically and socially, Russia has one of the most interesting development trajectories of any major country. This Handbook seeks to answer questions about democratic transition, the relationship between the market and democracy, stability and authoritarian politics, the development of civil society, the role of crime and corruption, and the creation of a market economy.
Providing a comprehensive resource for scholars and policy makers alike, this book is an important contribution to the study of Russian Studies, Eastern European Studies and International Relations.The Yeltsin era. Graeme Gill.
The Putin era. Ronald J. Hill.
The Medvedev presidency. Graeme Gill.
Democratisation. Richard Sakwa.
How Russia compares. Rodney Tiffen.
Politics.
The Russian Constitution. Gordon B. Smith.
Presidency. John P. Willerton.
The Federal Assembly and the power vertical. Paul Chaisty.
The Duma’s electoral system: lessons in endogeneity. Bryon J. Moraski.
Political parties. Regina Smyth.
Communism. Luke March.
Federalism and defederalisation in Russia. Cameron Ross.
Regional governance. Darrell Slider.
Local government. Tomila Lankina.
The bureaucracy. Eugene Huskey.
Law courts and human rights. Peter H. Solomon, Jr.
Crime and corruption. Leslie Holmes.
The Russian power ministries and security services. Bettina Renz.
The military. Dmitry Gorenburg.
The Russo Chechen conflict. James Hughes.
Political economy.
The political economy of contemporary Russia. William Tompson.
Russia’s market economic reforms. Anders Åslund.
The Russian economy and business-government relations. Stephen Fortescue.
The business sector in post Soviet Russia. Peter Rutland.
Society.
Class. Stephen Crowley.
Russian labour. Linda J. Cook.
Gender. Sarah Ashwin.
Media. Sarah Oates.
Public opinion and voting behaviour. Stephen White.
Civil society. Leah Gilbert and Harley Balzer.
Informality and informal politics. Alena Ledeneva.
Russian nationalism. John Brookfield.
Religion. Thomas Bremer.
Health and health policy. Judy Twigg.
Foreign policy.
Russian foreign policy. Natasha Kuhrt.
Russia and the states of the former Soviet Union. Robert Donaldson.
Russia and Europe. Anna Jonsson.
Reset? Russian perspectives on US-Russian relations. Carol R. Saivetz.
Russian foreign policy in Asia. Gilbert Rozman.