The strong state in Russia : development and crisis /

Tsygankov provides a succinct account of the major periods in evolution of Russia's strong state construct by reviewing the external and internal contexts of its emergence, progression, and fall in Muscovy, St. Petersburg, Soviet Union, and post-Soviet Russia with an emphasis on the last two de...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tsygankov, Andrei P., 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Since 1991
Authoritarianism > Russia (Federation) > History.
Despotism > Russia (Federation) > History.
Political culture > Russia (Federation) > History.
State, The.
Autoritarisme > Russie > Histoire.
Despotisme > Russie > Histoire.
État.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Authoritarianism
Despotism
Political culture
Politics and government
State, The
Russia > Politics and government.
Soviet Union > Politics and government.
Russia (Federation) > Politics and government > 1991-
URSS > Politique et gouvernement.
Russia
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION: Russia from two perspectives
  • The roots of the Russian state: autocracy
  • A BRIEF HISTORY: Emergence and development
  • Decline and revolution
  • The Soviet state
  • THE TRANSITION: The Soviet breakup
  • The Smuta of the 1990s
  • THE REVIVAL: Putin's system
  • State-led capitalism
  • The managed democracy
  • The normal great power
  • THE CRISIS: Protest
  • Ethno-nationalism
  • Corruption
  • Tensions with the West
  • CONCLUSION: Whither the Russian state?

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