An accessible and nuanced introduction to contemporary Russian politics using the theme of stability versus fragility as its overarching framework. This innovative textbook explores core themes as well as path-breaking insights into the politics of race, class, gender, sexuality, and the environment.
An accessible and nuanced introduction to contemporary Russian politics using the theme of stability versus fragility as its overarching framework. This innovative textbook explores core themes as well as path-breaking insights into the politics of race, class, gender, sexuality, and the environment.
List of contributors; Preface Susanne Wengle; 1. Stability and fragility in contemporary Russian politics Susanne Wengle; Part I. Political Institutions: 2. Russia's superpresidency Jody LaPorte; 3. Party politics and voting in Russia John Ora Reuter and David Szakonyi; 4. Law, legal enforcement, and the courts Lauren McCarthy; 5. The pendulum of central-regional relations in Russia Evgenia Olimpieva; 6. The politics of race, racism, and anti-racism Nikolay Zakharov; 7. Politics of gender and sexuality Alexander Sasha Kondakov and Alexandra Novitskaya; 8. The foreign policy of an aspiring great power Andrei P. Tsygankov; Part II. Political Economy: 9. Property rights: forging the institutional foundations for Russia's market economy Jordan Gans-Morse; 10. Economic policies and Russia's global economic integration Laura Solanko; 11. Russia's oil and gas industry: Soviet inheritance and post-Soviet evolution Mikhail Strokan and Rudra Sil; 12. Russia's oligarchs Stanislav Markus; 13. Inequality and social policy in Russia Ilya Matveev and Sarah Wilson-Sokhey; 14. Russian labor: between stability and stagnation Stephen Crowley; 15. Every-day economic life on Russia's margins Ann-Mari Sätre and Leo Granberg; Part III. State and Society: 16. Russia's conservative forces and the state: a dynamic balancing act Marlene Laruelle; 17. The Russian media Scott Gehlbach, Tetyana Lokot, and Anton Shirikov; 18. Civil society in Russia: compliance with and resistance to the state Natalia Forrat; 19. Protest in Russia: discovering power Sam Greene; 20. The politics of the environment in Russia: extraction, climate change, and indigenous rights in the Russian arctic Laura A. Henry; 21. Ethnicity and religion in Russia ¿ener Aktürk; Index.
List of contributors; Preface Susanne Wengle; 1. Stability and fragility in contemporary Russian politics Susanne Wengle; Part I. Political Institutions: 2. Russia's superpresidency Jody LaPorte; 3. Party politics and voting in Russia John Ora Reuter and David Szakonyi; 4. Law, legal enforcement, and the courts Lauren McCarthy; 5. The pendulum of central-regional relations in Russia Evgenia Olimpieva; 6. The politics of race, racism, and anti-racism Nikolay Zakharov; 7. Politics of gender and sexuality Alexander Sasha Kondakov and Alexandra Novitskaya; 8. The foreign policy of an aspiring great power Andrei P. Tsygankov; Part II. Political Economy: 9. Property rights: forging the institutional foundations for Russia's market economy Jordan Gans-Morse; 10. Economic policies and Russia's global economic integration Laura Solanko; 11. Russia's oil and gas industry: Soviet inheritance and post-Soviet evolution Mikhail Strokan and Rudra Sil; 12. Russia's oligarchs Stanislav Markus; 13. Inequality and social policy in Russia Ilya Matveev and Sarah Wilson-Sokhey; 14. Russian labor: between stability and stagnation Stephen Crowley; 15. Every-day economic life on Russia's margins Ann-Mari Sätre and Leo Granberg; Part III. State and Society: 16. Russia's conservative forces and the state: a dynamic balancing act Marlene Laruelle; 17. The Russian media Scott Gehlbach, Tetyana Lokot, and Anton Shirikov; 18. Civil society in Russia: compliance with and resistance to the state Natalia Forrat; 19. Protest in Russia: discovering power Sam Greene; 20. The politics of the environment in Russia: extraction, climate change, and indigenous rights in the Russian arctic Laura A. Henry; 21. Ethnicity and religion in Russia ¿ener Aktürk; Index.
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