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Building the Russian state : institutional crisis and the quest for democratic governance

Author: Valerie Sperling
Publisher: Boulder : Westview Press, 2000.
Series: John M. Olin critical issues series.
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Building the Russian state.
Boulder : Westview Press, 2000
(OCoLC)606550388
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Valerie Sperling
ISBN: 0813337429 0813338050 9780813337425 9780813338057
OCLC Number: 43465862
Description: xiii, 245 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction : the domestic and international obstacles to state-building in Russia / Valerie Sperling --
Pt.I The elite : ruling in whose interests? : The "use and abuse" of Russia's energy resources : implications for state-society relations / Pauline Jones Luong --
Do the people rule? The use of referenda in Russia / Mark Clarence Walker --
The divided Russian elite : how Russia's transition produced a counter-elite / Virginie Coulloudon --
Pt.II The state : weak institutions and crumbling capacity : Is the Russian state coping with organized crime and corruption? / Louise Shelley --
State dysfunctionality, institutional decay, and the Russian military / Eva Busza --
Is the center too weak or too strong in the Russian Federation? / Steven L. Solnick --
Liberal transformation : labor and the Russian state / Stephen Crowley --
The executive deception : superpresidentialism and the degradation of Russian politics / M. Steven Fish --
Russian courts : enforcing the rule of law? / Pamela Jordan --
Stability from without? International donors and "good governance" strategies in Russia / Corbin B. Lyday.
Series Title: John M. Olin critical issues series.
Responsibility: edited by Valerie Sperling.
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