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Authoritarian Backlash
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 114.95Authoritarian Russia has adopted five strategies to preserve the Kremlin's political power: insulate, bolster, subvert, redefine and coordinate. Presenting detailed case studies of each strategy, this book makes significant contributions to our understandings of Russian domestic and foreign policies, democratization theory and the policy challenges... more...
Candidate Strategies and Electoral Competition in the Russian Federation
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 28.00In the early 1990s, competitive elections in the Russian Federation signaled the end to the authoritarian political system dominated by a single political party. More than ten years and many elections later, a single party led by Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to end Russia's democratic experiment. more...
Civil-Military Relations in Russia and Eastern Europe
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 44.95This book examines how civil-military relations have been transformed in Russia, Poland, Hungary and Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact in 1991. It shows how these countries have worked to reform their obsolete armed forces, and bring them into line with the new economic and strategic realities of the post-Cold War world,... more...
Civil Service Reform in Post-Communist Countries
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 54.50Comprehensive analysis of the development of the Russian an Czech state administration. more...
Cossacks and the Russian Empire, 1598-1725
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95Using a wide range sources, this book explores the ways in which the Russians governed their empire in Siberia from 1598 to 1725. Paying particular attention to the role of the Siberian Cossaks, the author takes a thorough assessment of how the institutions of imperial government functioned in seventeenth century Russia. It raises important questions... more...
Crises in Russia
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 124.95This unique book explores the problems of the national crisis management system in Russia, a country undergoing political, social and economic transition and one which is also prone to natural and man-made disasters. In detailing policy, institutional and legal issues and illustrating a number of case studies, the authors offer new ways of resolving... more...
Cultures of Power in Post-Communist Russia
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 29.00Offers an original theory of political discourse to analyse how Russian political actors use language. more...
The Decline of Regionalism in Putin's Russia
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 140.00This book reassesses Putin's attempt to reverse the decentralization of power that characterised centre-regional relations in the 1990s, focusing on regional responses to Putin's federal reforms. It explains the decline of regionalism after 2000 in terms of the dynamics of regional boundaries, understood as the juridical boundaries which demarcate... more...
Democracy Derailed in Russia
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 30.00Why has democracy failed to take root in Russia? This book shows that Russia's failure to democratize has three causes: too much economic reliance on oil, too little economic liberalization, and too weak a national legislature. more...
Democratization and Gender in Contemporary Russia
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95This book examines civic activism, democratization and gender in contemporary Russian society. It describes the character and central organizing principles of Russian democratic civic life, considering how it has developed since the Soviet period, and analyzing the goals and identities of important civic groups - including trade unions - and the... more...









