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Originally published in 2004. The collapse of the USSR and the emergence of 15 new states from its ashes presents another challenge to the global economy: how to reintegrate the post-Soviet space into the international economy. The spread of liberal market ideology and integration of national economic spaces into a global marketplace faces unique difficulties in the former USSR. This insightful volume explains these challenges, showing how Soviet legacies have worked against a smooth re-entry of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus into the global economy. It also demonstrates how and why global economic forces have had very uneven effects in the area, how the area differs from other parts of the post-communist world where reintegration has proceeded more smoothly, and what the future prospects and political implications are for the region in the global economy.

Change and continuity in Russian politics -- The Soviet system -- Perestroika and the fall of the USSR -- Yeltsin and the politics of crisis -- Putinism, reform and retrenchment -- Presidency and parliaments -- Russian federalism -- Political parties and opposition -- Elections and voters -- The new Russian political economy -- Russia and the world -- What kind of polity is Russia?

Introduction: the political problems of Russian capitalism / Neil Robinson -- The contexts of Russia's political economy: Soviet legacies and post-Soviet policies / Neil Robinson -- Revenue imperatives: state over market in post-communist Russia / Gerald M. Easter -- Systemic stalemate: reiderstvo, and the dual state / Richard Sakwa -- The political economy of Russia's demographic crisis: states and markets, mothers and migrants / Linda J. Cook -- Change in agriculture: the development of Russia's private farming / Stephen K. Wegren -- Russia's potential role in the world oil system: reciprocal dependency, global integration, and positive unintended consequences / Andrew Barnes -- Russia as semi-periphery: political economy, the state, and society in the contemporary world system / Paul T. Christensen -- Conclusion: the political dysfunctions of Russian capitalism / Neil Robinson

For a decade Russia has been building a new political order. This collection of essays offers a progress report on this effort, recording the projects for institutional reform, their successes and their many failures. Institutions covered include the presidency, the State Duma, regional government, the judiciary, the 'power ministries', the foreign policy and economic policy making establishments. Other chapters examine popular attitudes towards institutions and the crises of state-society relations in Russia

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What constitutes Putinism, in particular its ideological nature, have become major issues of debate in the last few years. This discussion has been characterized by a tendency either to overestimate the role of ideology in the Russian political system, to see it as being akin to the role played by ideology in the USSR, or to discount the role of ideology quite heavily. This article argues that neither of these positions is correct and that we need a more nuanced appreciation of Putin's role as an ideologist and of the role of ideology in the era of Putin. The article argues that there is a difference between ideological discourses produced to support the regime and those produced at the apex of the regime by Putin. This difference means that Putinism is incomplete as an ideological system. It is ideological but not to the point where ideology has institutionalized and a bind on Putin.

peer-reviewed ; The charge of Russophobia has been made increasingly frequently against Western critics of Russia in the last few years. Much of this criticism has been made by Russian media and commentators rather than by high officials of the Russian state. There have been several studies of this media use of accusations of Russophobia and it has generally been asserted that the charge of Russophobia is part of a concerted propaganda effort by the Russian state. There has, however, been little examination of the use of Russophobia by top Russian politicians. This article examines the use of Russophobia by President Vladimir Putin as well as by top officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in communiques of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It finds that there has been only minor changes in the allegations of Russophobia by senior Russian politicians. The article looks at why Russophobia became a more prevalent accusation in Russian politics generally and at why there has been a difference in the accusations of Russophobia made by the media and in official political discourse. Negli ultimi anni l'accusa di russofobia è stata assunta sempre più frequentemente contro i critici occidentali della Russia. Gran parte di questa critica è stata formulata dai media e dai commentatori russi piuttosto che dagli alti funzionari dello Stato russo. Ci sono stati diversi studi sull'uso da parte dei media delle accuse di russofobia ed è stato generalmente affermato che l'accusa di russofobia fa parte di uno sforzo di propaganda concertato da parte dello Stato russo. C'è stato, tuttavia, un piccolo esame dell'uso della russofobia da parte dei migliori politici russi. Questo articolo esamina l'uso della russofobia da parte del presidente Vladimir Putin, nonché da alti funzionari del Ministero degli Affari esteri e nei comunicati di questo dicastero. Si ritiene che ci siano stati solo piccoli cambiamenti nelle accuse di russofobia da parte di alti politici russi. L'articolo esamina il motivo per cui la russofobia è ...