Building the Russian state institutional crisis and the quest for democratic governance /
edited by Valerie Sperling.
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, (c)2000.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages)
- The John M. Olin critical issues series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the domestic and international obstacles to State-building in Russia / The "use and abuse" of Russia's energy resources : implications for state-society relations / Do the people rule? the use of referenda in Russia / The divided Russian elite : how Russia's transition produced a counter-elite / Is the Russian State coping with organized crime and corruption? / State dysfunctionality, institutional decay, and the Russian military / Is the center too weak or too strong in the Russian Federation? / Liberal transformation : labor and the Russian State / The executive deception : superpresidentialism and the degradation of Russian politics / Russian courts : enforcing the rule of law? Pamela Jordan. -- Stability from without? International donors and "good governance" strategies in Russia / Valerie Sperling. -- Pauline Jones Luong. -- Mark Clarence Walker. -- Virginia Coulloudon. -- Louise Shelley. -- Eva Busza. -- Steven L. Solnick. -- Stephen Crowley. -- M. Steven Fish. -- Corbin B. Lyday.