1. The end of communism in Russia. The failure of perestroika. The August coup and the end of communism in Russia. The disintegration of the USSR. Politics in post-communist Russia -- 2. Rebirth of the Russian state. The rebirth of Russia. The presidency. Parliament and politics. The government and policies. The struggle over the constitution. Rebuilding the legal system -- 3. Nations and states after communism. Nationalism in the democratic revolution. The Russian nation and nationalism. The nations of Russia. The new Russian federalism -- 4. Development of multi-party politics. The end of the CPSU. Party formation. Bloc politics and interest groups. Politics and the party system. Personalities and politics -- 5. Local government and regional politics. Local government and politics. The regions of Russia -- 6. Rebuilding the economy. The Soviet ecology and its reform. The road to the market. Economic reform in Russia. Evaluation of Russian economic reform
7. Society and democracy. Social modernisation and marketisation. Social security and welfare. Cultural transformation -- 8. Foreign and defence policy. The emergence of Russian foreign policy. The foreign policy debate. Russia and the world. Defence and security policy -- 9. The birth of nations. The Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia and the successor states. The border question. Citizenship, refugees and emigration -- 10. Democracy in Russia. The challenge of history. Modernisation and political development. Democracy and Russia -- Appendix 1 Chronology -- Appendix 2 Administrative divisions of the Russian Federation -- Appendix 3 Election results since 1989
Analysis
Politics
Russia (Federation)
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [464]-481) and index
