Russian Politics Today
Stability and Fragility
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. September 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
490 pages
978-1-009-69026-3 (ISBN)
Description
Russian Politics Today provides an accessible, nuanced introduction to contemporary Russian politics at a time of increasing uncertainty. Using the lens of stability versus fragility as its overarching framework, this innovative textbook explores the forces that shape Russia's politics, economy, and society. It includes up-to-date chapters on core themes - Russia's strong presidency, its weak party system, and the role of civil society - alongside path-breaking coverage of the politics of gender, sexuality, social media, migration, and the environment. A new section is dedicated to foreign and security policy, with chapters exploring Russian-Ukrainian relations, Russia's war in Ukraine, and the evolution of Russia's armed forces. In an age defined by misinformation, conspiracy theories, facile stereotypes, and misconceptions, a volume that fosters a nuanced understanding of complex political dynamics in post-Soviet Russia is more important than ever. Exam and discussion questions are available to instructors, while students can access additional content online.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
ISBN-13
978-1-009-69026-3 (9781009690263)
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Previous edition
Book
10/2022
Cambridge University Press
€39.00
Available immediately
Person
Susanne A. Wengle is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and Professor of Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University. Her research examines post-Soviet political economy and engages with the study of markets in that context and beyond. Her publications include Post-Soviet Power: State-Led Development and Russia's Marketization (2014) and Black Earth, White Bread: A Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food (2022).
Content
1. Stability and fragility in contemporary Russian politics Susanne A. Wengle; Part I. Political Institutions: 2. Russia's superpresidency Jody LaPorte; 3. Party politics and voting in Russia Ora John Reuter and David Szakonyi; 4. Law, legal enforcement, and the courts Lauren A. McCarthy; 5. The pendulum of center-region relations in Russia Evgenia Olimpieva; 6. Ethnicity and religion in Russia Sener Aktuerk; 7. The politics of gender and sexuality Alexander Sasha Kondakov and Alexandra Novitskaya; Part II. Political Economy: 8. Property rights: forging the institutional foundations for Russia's market economy Jordan Gans-Morse; 9. Russia's oil and gas industry: Soviet inheritance and post-Soviet evolution Mikhail Strokan and Rudra Sil; 10. Russia's oligarchs Stanislav Markus; 11. Inequality and social policy in Russia Ilya Matveev and Sarah Wilson Sokhey; 12. Economic policies and Russia's global economic integration Laura Solanko; Part III. Politics and Society: 13. Russia's conservative forces and the state: a dynamic balancing act Marlene Laruelle; 14. The Russian media Tetyana Lokot, Anton Shirikov and Alexandra Brankova; 15. Protest in Russia: discovering power Samuel A. Greene and Asya Tsaturyan; 16. The politics of the environment in Russia: extraction, climate change, and Indigenous rights in the Russian Arctic Laura A. Henry; 17. Race and migration in Russia Caress Schenk; Part IV. Foreign and Security Policy; 18. The foreign policy of an aspiring great power Andrei P. Tsygankov; 19. The Russian armed forces Tracey German; 20. Russia's war in Ukraine Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel.