Russian government and politics : comparative government and politics /
Основен автор: | Shiraev, Eric, 1960- |
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Формат: | Книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Basingstoke ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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Серия: |
Comparative government and politics.
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Предмети: |
Съдържание:
- pt. I. Russia: continuity and change
- 1. Studying Russian government and politics
- 2. The roots: the Russian empire and the Soviet Union
- Early Russian states
- Russia as an empire
- The revolutions
- The development of the Soviet state
- The soviet Union during the Cold War
- 3. The Soviet transformation, 1985-91
- The beginning of the transformation
- Perestroika and glasnost
- pt. II. Institutions and elections
- 4. The executive branch
- The president of the Russian Federation
- The government of the Russian Federation
- The subjects of the Russian Federation
- The consolidation of executive power
- 5. The legislative branch
- The State Duma
- The Federation council
- 6. The judicial branch and justice administration
- The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
- The Supreme Court
- The Supreme Arbitration Court
- The Russian Criminal Code
- The prosecutor's office
- The Ministry of Justice
- Law enforcement: the Ministry for Internal Affairs
- pt. III. Political behavior, participation, and communication
- 7. Political parties
- On Russian political terminology
- Major political parties
- 8. Presidential and parliamentary elections
- Parliamentary elections
- Presidential elections
- 9. Political communications and mobilization
- The media today
- Strategies of political communication and mobilization
- pt. IV. Russian policies
- 10. Economic and business policies
- Government regulations of the economy
- Economic strategies
- Social policies: health, education, and housing
- Government institutions
- The National Priority Projects
- 12. Foreign policy
- Foreign policy institutions
- Foreign policy concepts
- Specific policies
- 13. Defense and security policies
- The commander in chief
- The Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation
- Military policies
- The Federal Security Service
- The External Intelligence Service
- Counter-terrorism policies
- 14. Summary and conclusions
- The economy and economic politics
- Social policies and dependency
- Foreign policy and security
- Government.