"Routledge Handbook Of Russian Politics And Society | Politics

This second edition of the highly respected Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society both provides a broad overview of the area and highlights cutting-edge research into the country. Through balanced theoretical and empirical investigation each chapter examines both the Russian experience and the existing literature identifies and exemplifies research trends and highlights the richness of experience history and continued challenges inherent to this enduringly fascinating and shifting polity. Politically economically and socially Russia has one of the most interesting development trajectories of any major country. This Handbook answers questions about democratic transition the relationship between the market and democracy stability and authoritarian politics the development of civil society the role of crime and corruption the development of a market economy and Russia’s likely place in the emerging new world order. Providing a comprehensive resource for scholars students and policy makers alike this book is an essential contribution to the study of Russian studies/politics Eastern European studies/politics and International Relations.|Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society | Politics