TY - BOOK AU - Sperling,Valerie TI - Building the Russian state: institutional crisis and the quest for democratic governance T2 - The John M. Olin critical issues series SN - 9780786743315 AV - JN6695 .B855 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Boulder, Colo. PB - Westview Press KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction : the domestic and international obstacles to State-building in Russia; Valerie Sperling. --; The "use and abuse" of Russia's energy resources : implications for state-society relations; Pauline Jones Luong. --; Do the people rule? the use of referenda in Russia; Mark Clarence Walker. --; The divided Russian elite : how Russia's transition produced a counter-elite; Virginia Coulloudon. --; Is the Russian State coping with organized crime and corruption?; Louise Shelley. --; State dysfunctionality, institutional decay, and the Russian military; Eva Busza. --; Is the center too weak or too strong in the Russian Federation?; Steven L. Solnick. --; Liberal transformation : labor and the Russian State; Stephen Crowley. --; The executive deception : superpresidentialism and the degradation of Russian politics; M. Steven Fish. --; Russian courts : enforcing the rule of law? Pamela Jordan. --; Stability from without? International donors and "good governance" strategies in Russia; Corbin B. Lyday; 2; b UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=538850&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -