Russia's Politics of Uncertainty

by Mary McAuley

Overview

In this book Mary McAuley explores the political reactions of elites and society in the Russian Federation in the years following the collapse of Communist party rule and the breakup of the USSR. Spanning two republics and four regions, the book offers the first in-depth study of the impact of change in the regions as well as at the center. Using first-hand research, it provides a unique study of the response of a society to the breakdown of the established political order, and will appeal to students of comparative politics generally, as well as to all those interested in transition in Russia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521474528
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/28/1997
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.87(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: the politics of uncertainty; 1. The negotiating table; 2. Post-imperial politics: the national republics; 3. Patronage politics: Tatarstan and Sakha; 4. The conservative borderlands: Krasnodar krai; 5. Regional variations: Perm and Tomsk; 6. Consensus versus pluralist politics; 7. St Petersburg: a democratic alternative?; 8. The reassertion of executive power; 9. Facing the electorate.

Editorial Reviews

"McAuley's study must be welcomed as a highly informative addition to the literature on post-Soviet Russian politics....her work must be acknowledged as a pioneering study of indispensable value to those who wish to understand politics below the national level in the Russian Federation." Alfred B. Evans, Jr., American Political Science Review

"The book...is an important contribution because it casts a new light on regional political power (both under the Soviets and after), taps a rich lode of new and impressive Russian scholarship, and focuses on Russia outside Moscow." Choice

"Russia's Politics of Uncertainty is, in short, the best book that presently exists on regional political development in the still evolving Russian Federation." Gerald Easter, The Russian Review

"McAuley, a senior British scholar of Soviet and Russian politics who is now the Ford Foundation's representative in Moscow, has produced a fine book that should be read by anyone interested in contemporary Russia, the world area, or the comparative implications of the Russian saga." Timothy J. Colton, Slavic Review

"...admirable book..." The New Republic

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