Russian Politics and Law, May 2011 Table of Contents

Volume 49 Number 3 / May-June 2011 of Russian Politics and Law is now available on the M.E. Sharpe web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com. This issue contains: The Future of the Russian Political System: Editor’s Introduction p.3 Dmitry Gorenburg The Political Regime in Russia in the 2000s: Special Features, Inherited andAcquired“ p.7 Emil Pain Democracy 2010: The Past and Future [...]

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The Future of the Russian Political System: Editor’s Introduction

In this issue of Russian Politics and Law, we continue the analysis of the current state of Russia’s political system that we began in the previous issue. Whereas the previous issue analyzed the development of the system and its character, the authors in this issue focus on the system’s stability, particularly in the context of [...]

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Russian Politics and Law, March 2011 Table of Contents

Volume 49 Number 2 / March-April 2011 of Russian Politics and Law is now available on the mesharpe.metapress.com web site at http://mesharpe.metapress.com. Contents after the cut. This issue contains: The Nature of the Russian Political System: Editor’s Introduction p.3 Dmitry Gorenburg The Nature of “Putinism” p.7 Lev Gudkov The Political Mechanics of the Russian Regime: Substitutes [...]

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The Nature of the Russian Political System: Editor’s Introduction

As we get closer to the 2012 Russian presidential elections and the prospect of the potential return of President Putin, Russian scholars have increasingly focused on thinking about the nature of Russia’s political system and speculating on how it might develop in the future. In the next two issues, we explore these questions. The articles [...]

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Russia’s Political Future: Scenarios and Projections

The financial crisis that almost swamped Russia’s economic system in the fall of 2008 also led to renewed speculation about the stability and long-term endurance of the country’s political system. While it had previously appeared that the windfall revenues earned by the government from Russia’s energy wealth would allow its leaders to spend their way out of any potential difficulties, [...]

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