Russian politics under Putin

This book provides a critical analysis of Putin's domestic and foreign policies covering leadership and regime change, political parties and democratisation, economy and society, regional politics, Chechnya, and foreign policy.

This book provides a critical analysis of Putin's domestic and foreign policies covering leadership and regime change, political parties and democratisation, economy and society, regional politics, Chechnya, and foreign policy. -- .

Leadership and Regime Change1: Vladimir Putin's leadership in comparative perspective - Archie Brown2: Regime change from Yeltsin to Putin: normality, normalcy or normalisation? - Richard SakwaPolitical parties and democratisation3: Russia's law on political parties: democracy by decree? - Edwin Bacon4: The Putin paradigm and the cowering of Russia's communists - Luke March5: Russia's disempowered electorate - Stephen WhiteEconomy and society6: The economic legacy: what Putin had to deal with and the way forward - David Lane7: The Russian economy under Vladimir Putin - William Tompson8: Politics and the mass media under Putin - Laura BelinRegional politics9: Putin's federal reforms - Cameron Ross10: Measuring and explaining variations in Russian regional democratisation - Christopher Marsh11: Regional elections and democratisation in Russia - Valentin MikhailovForeign policy12: Russian foreign policy under Putin - Dmitry Polikanov and Graham Timmins13: Russian foreign policy towards the European Union - Jackie Gower14: Russia and Chechnya - Mike Bowker15: Russian foreign policy: the CIS and the Baltic States - Ella Akerman and Graeme P. Herd