Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: why not authoritarian modernization in Russia?; 2 Fathers versus sons: generation changes and the ideational agenda of reforms in late-twentieth-century Russia; 3 The dilemma of the perception of the strong state in Russia and the demand for modernization; 4 Framing modernization in Russian newspapers: words, not deeds; 5 Authoritarianism and institutional decay in Russia: disruption of property rights and the rule of law
6 The Russian People's Front and hybrid governance dilemma7 Social network sites and political governance in Russia; 8 Russia's post-neoliberal development strategy and high-technology considerations; 9 How does the government implement unpopular reforms? evidence from education policy in Russia; 10 Choosing between bureaucracy and the reformers: the Russian pension reform of 2001 as a compromise squared; 11 Labor reform in Putin's Russia: could modernization be democratic?; Index
