"Developments in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics brings together specially commissioned new chapters by leading international scholars in a tightly edited form to provide a systematic and broad-ranging account of government, politics and policy in Russia and the other successor states of the former Soviet Union."
"Written by a team of leading scholars, this book meets the need for an up-to-date account on the political system and policy progress which is amerging and an analysis of the future prospects of the "Gorbachev revolution"."
"Taking as its starting point the elections of 2000 and 2004, "Developments in Russian Politics 6 "brings together all new, specially commissioned essays by leading experts to provide a wide-ranging assessment of Russian politics under Vladimir Putin. The contributors provide succinct overviews of aspects of contemporary Russia's political landscape, including presidential power, parliamentary politics, elections and voters, political pa ..."
"Author or editor of eight books, he is editor of Bitter Legacy: Confronting the
Holocaust in the USSR (1997). He is currently researching the ... editor of
Russian Review. Peter Rutland is Associate Professor of Department of
Government at xi ..."
"Written by a team of leading scholars, this book meets the need for an up-to-date account on the political system and policy progress which is amerging and an analysis of the future prospects of the "Gorbachev revolution"."
"Developments in Russian Politics 4 brings together specially commissioned new chapters by leading international scholars in a tightly edited form to provide a systematic and broad-ranging account of government, politics and policy since the fall of Communism in what is still the world's largest state. The book has been completely rewritten for this new edition which focuses more specifically on Russia than its predecessor volumes."
"Developments in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics offers a comprehensively revised and updated edition of the critically acclaimed Developments in Soviet Politics. Rewritten since the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev, this timely edition focuses on the question of defining and understanding "post-Soviet" politics.The contributors analyze key institutions and policy processes in the new political systems emerging after Gorbachev's resignat ..."
"In 1900 over five million Jews lived in the Russian empire; today, there are four times as many Russian-speaking Jews residing outside the former Soviet Union than there are in that region. The New Jewish Diaspora is the first English-language study of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora. This migration has made deep marks on the social, cultural, and political terrain of many countries, in particular the United States, Israel, and Ger ..."
"In 1900 over five million Jews lived in the Russian empire; today, there are four times as many Russian-speaking Jews residing outside the former Soviet Union than there are in that region. The New Jewish Diaspora is the first English-language study of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora. This migration has made deep marks on the social, cultural, and political terrain of many countries, in particular the United States, Israel, and Ger ..."