Waiting for Reform under Putin and Medvedev

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Globalization and Discursive Resistance: Authoritarian Power Structures in Russia and the Challenges of Modernity....Pages 19-37
Russian Modernization Doctrines under Debate....Pages 38-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
The Nature and Function of ‘Putinism’....Pages 61-80
The Myth of the Russian ‘Unique Path’ and Public Opinion....Pages 81-95
Socio-Cultural Factors and Russian Modernization....Pages 96-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
The Policymaking Process in Putin’s Prime Ministership....Pages 119-139
Business Representation in the State Duma....Pages 140-158
De-bureaucratizing the Small Business Sector....Pages 159-169
United Russia’s Political Recruitment in the Russian Regions and ‘the Strengthening of the Power Vertical’: The Case of Novgorod Region....Pages 170-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Modernization and the Russian Regions....Pages 193-212
Benefits and Risks of Political Modernization in Russia....Pages 213-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Modernization and After....Pages 237-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-252