| Russian Politics from Lenin to Putin 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Fortescue, S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1349365866 ISBN-13: 9781349365869 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Political Science | World - European - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 947.084 |
| Series: St Antony's |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.62 lbs) 223 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seven leading specialists present chapters devoted to key themes in Soviet and post-Soviet Russian politics. Those themes include: the personal versus the institutional in the political process; legitimacy and legitimation; and change and collapse of a mono-organisational society. While the book focuses on these major themes, individual chapters deal with wide-ranging and even unusual cases: Graeme Gill analyzes the legitimating functions of Moscow's architecture, Sheila Fitzpatrick uses the archives to draw a picture of Stalin 'the boss' dealing with his closest colleagues, Eugene Huskey provides a detailed description of post-Soviet Russian pantouflage, and Archie Brown and Peter Reddaway present their different takes on Gorbachev and the Soviet collapse. Stephen Fortescue provides an overview of policy-making processes from Lenin and Putin, and Leslie Holmes updates the concept of goal-rational legitimacy. |
