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Highly regarded for its comprehensive coverage, up-to-date scholarship, and comparative framework,Politics in Russiais an authoritative overview of Russiarsquo;s contemporary political system and its recent evolution. Leading area specialist Thomas Remington focuses on four areas of change-state structure, regime change, economic transformation, and identity-to offer a context for analyzing the transition from the Soviet to the post-Soviet era. Consistently emphasizing the intersection of politics and economics and the tension between authoritarian and democratic trends, this text helps students explore the complexities and ambiguities of Russian politics today.

Preface xi
1State and Regime in Russia
Current Policy Challenges 3
Four Domains of Change 12
State Structure: From Soviet Union to Russian Federation 12
Regime Change 14
Economic Transformation 18
The Question of Identity: Imperial Russia - USSR?ussian Federation 20
Choices and Changes in Russian Politics 22
Plan of the Book 23
2 The Soviet System and Its Demise 28
Historical Legacies 29
The Tsarist Regime 29
The Soviet Regime before Gorbachev 31
Gorbachev Comes to Power 43
Political Institutions of the Transition Period: Demise of the USSR 46
3 Russia's Constitutional Order 53
The Russian Republic in the Transition Period 53
1990-1993: Deepening Constitutional Conflict 54
The 1993 Constitution and the Presidency 57
The Government 62
The Parliament 64
Executive?egislative Relations 68
The Federal Dimension 71
4 Political Participation and Recruitment 84
Political Participation and Social Capital 84
The Importance of Social Capital 85
The Problem of "Dual Russia" 87
Participation and Recruitment under the Soviet Regime 91
Channels of Mass Participation 91
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Interlocking Directorates 95
Participation and Recruitment in the Old Regime: Conclusions 97
Surge and Ebb in Political Participation 98
The Mobilization of Discontent 98
Electoral Participation 100
Elite Adaptation and Replacement 107
Political Recruitment, Old and New 107
5 Ideology and Political Culture 119
The Concept of Political Culture 123
Russian Political Culture in the Post-Soviet Period 126
Soviet Political Socialization 129
Support for Democratic Values 133
Influences on Russian Political Culture in the Soviet Period 136
Generational Change 137
Political Socialization in Contemporary Russia 138
Cultural Diversity within Russia 140
6 Interest Groups and Political Parties 146
Interest Articulation: Statism vs. Pluralism 146
Socialism and Bureaucratic Politics 148
Democrats, "Reds," and "Browns" 149
Toward Pluralism 150
New Sectors of Interest 163
Interest Aggregation and the Party System: Return to a One-Party Regime? 167
Party Families 170
Parties and Elections 175
Party Strategies and the Social Bases of Party Support 181
The Future of the Party System 183
7 State and Market in Russia's Economic Transition 189
The Dual Transition 189
Stabilization 192
Evaluating Stabilization 195
Privatization 197
Social Conditions 208
Putin's Dual Agenda 211
8 Politics and Law 216
Democratization and the Rule of Law 216
Judicial Reform 219
Law Enforcement 220
The Judiciary 225
The Constitutional Court 229
Reforms in the Law Codes 234
Obstacles to the Rule of Law 235
Bureaucratic Rule Making 235
Terrorism and National Security 237
Organized Crime and Corruption 238
Conclusion 241
9 Russia as Regional Superpower 248
A Liberal Empire? 249
The CIS and Its Descendants 252
The Russia?elarus Union 254
The Eurasian Economic Community 255
The Collective Security Treaty Organization 255
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization 256
Obstacles to Regional Hegemony 256
Russia and the International Community 263
Index 267