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Title Elusive Russia : current developments in Russian state identity and institutional reform under president Putin / Katlijn Malfliet and Ria Laenen (eds)
Published Leuven [Belgium] : Leuven University Press, ©2007

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Contents Elusive Russia; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface Katlijn Malfliet and Ria Laenen; Authority and Identity in Russia Marie Mendras; Authority Building or Power Building?; The power of administrations; Rulers and Ruled; Putin, champion of the state or agent of its demise?; Identity: European or Not?; Russia and the West; Europe, the Preferred Other; Disenchantment; Russian Domestic Affairs Matter; Russian Nationalism under Putin: A Majority Faith? Luke March; Strong Empire, Weak Nation; Contemporary Russian Ethnopolitics; Russian Nationalist Support and Influence
Putin and Russian NationalismRussian Nationalism Redux?; Conclusion; Federalism in Russia: Outcomes of the Decade 1993 -- 2003 and the Newest Developments Irina Busygina; Outcomes of the Decade 1993-2003; Territorial Reform; Federalism and Political Parties in Russia; Federalism and Society; Some Conclusions; The Russian Parliament and Vladimir Putin's Presidency Andrei Zakharov; The Yeltsin Regime; The Putin Regime; The President and the Parliament; Parliamentary Efficiency; Unwillingness to control; Conclusions
Summary Since President Putin came to power, Russia''s domestic political process underwent continuous changes. Up till now it remains unclear whether Russia is on the road towards becoming a fullfledged democracy or if it is diverting from this path. Elusive Russia brings together the views of four leading Russia experts on Russian state identity and institutional reform. Marie Mendras, Luke March, Irina Busygina and Andrei Zakharov share their original approaches on some key components of today''s russian politics and bring their own perspective to the complex and ongoing process of Russia''s nation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- -- Influence
SUBJECT Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- fast
Subject Political culture -- Russia (Federation)
Post-communism -- Russia (Federation)
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political culture
Politics and government
Post-communism
Politische Identität
Politische Reform
SUBJECT Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006576
Subject Russia (Federation)
Russland
Form Electronic book
Author Malfliet, Katlijn.
Laenen, Ria.
LC no. 2007475328
ISBN 9789461660206
9461660200