Politics in Russia

Preface. 1. Rebuilding the Russian State. Four Domains of Change. Choices and Changes in Russian Politics. Plan of the Book. 2. The Soviet System and Its Demise. The Soviet Regime before Gorbachev. Political Institutions of the Transition Period: Demise of the USSR. 3. Russia and the Post-Soviet Constitutional Order. The Russian Republic in the Transition Period. The Federal Dimension. 4. Political Participation and Recruitment. Political Participation and Social Capital. Participation and Recruitment Under the Soviet Regime. Surge and Ebb in Political Participation. Elite Adaptation and Replacement. 5. The Dynamics of Political Culture. The Concept of Political Culture. Russian Political Culture in the Post-Soviet Period. Soviet Political Socialization. Support for Democratic Values. Influences on Russian Political Culture in the Soviet Period. Cultural Diversity within Russia. 6. Interest Groups and Political Parties. Interest Articulation: From Statism to Pluralism. Interest Aggregation: Toward a Multiparty System. 7. The Politics of Partial Reform. The Dual Transition. Economy and Society. 8. Toward the Rule of Law. Democratization and the Rule of Law. Obstacles to the Rule of Law. 9. Russia and the International Community. Index.Remington, Thomas F. is the author of 'Politics in Russia', published 2003 under ISBN 9780321159748 and ISBN 0321159748.