Russia's Politics of Uncertainty

Explores the political reactions of elites and society in the Russian Federation after the collapse of communist party rule and the break-up of the USSR.

Mary McAuley (Author)

9780521474528, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 August 1997

372 pages, 2 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.67 kg

'This groundbreaking study is a stimulating contribution to the study of sub-state politics and élites in Russia.' Political Studies

In this book Mary McAuley explores the political reactions of elites and society in the Russian Federation in the years following the collapse of communist party rule and the break-up of the USSR. Spanning two republics and four regions, the book offered the first in-depth study of the impact of change in the regions as well as at the centre. Using first-hand research including extensive interviews and personal observation, this book provides a study of the response of a society to the breakdown of the established political order. Mary McAuley traces Russia's search for new identities, institutions, and rules of political behaviour. Her book will appeal to students of comparative politics generally, as well as to all those interested in transition in Russia.

Introduction: the politics of uncertainty
1. The negotiating table
2. Post-imperial politics: the national republics
3. Patronage politics: Tatarstan and Sakha
4. The conservative borderlands: Krasnodar krai
5. Regional variations: Perm and Tomsk
6. Consensus versus pluralist politics
7. St Petersburg: a democratic alternative?
8. The reassertion of executive power
9. Facing the electorate.

Subject Areas: Political structure & processes [JPH]