Valerie Sperling

Building The Russian State

Institutional Crisis And The Quest For Democratic Governance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book assesses the crises in Russia's transitional institutions. It focuses on the growth of organized crime, the decay of the military, the precariousness of the Russian Federation, the weakness of the labor movement, and the authoritarianism of the super-presidential political system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780813338057
• ISBN-10: 0813338050
• Artikelnr.: 21879562

Autorenporträt

Sperling, Valerie

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: The Domestic and International Obstacles to State
Building in Russia
The Elite: Ruling in Whose Interests?
The "Use and Abuse" of Russia's Energy Resources: Implications for State
Society Relations
Do the People Rule? The Use of Referenda in Russia
The Divided Russian Elite: How Russia's Transition Produced a Counter
Elite
The State: Weak Institutions and Crumbling Capacity
Is the Russian State Coping with Organized Crime and Corruption?
State Dysfunctionality, Institutional Decay, and the Russian Military
Is the Center Too Weak or Too Strong in the Russian Federation?
Liberal Transformation: Labor and the Russian State
The Executive Deception: Superpresidentialism and the Degradation of Russian Politics
Russian Courts: Enforcing the Rule of Law?
Stability from Without? International Donors and "Good Governance" Strategies in Russia*