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PublisherCQ Press

ISBN-100872894045

ISBN-139780872894044

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Number of Pages312 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameRussian Politics and Presidential Power : Transformational Leadership from Gorbachev to Putin

Publication Year2016

SubjectWorld / Russian & Former Soviet Union, History & Theory, Presidents & Heads of State

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorDonald R. Kelley

FormatTrade Paperback / Trade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2016-015135

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsRussian Politics and Presidential Power provides excellent insight into the Russian national character and the intellectual and emotional challenges that motivate people. The narrative is well written, , profound, and honest. The book is a very good resource for students who want to learn more about the nature of Russian politics., "Russian Politics and Presidential Power provides excellent insight into the Russian national character and the intellectual and emotional challenges that motivate people. The narrative is well written, , profound, and honest. The book is a very good resource for students who want to learn more about the nature of Russian politics." -- Irina Vakulenko "Donald Kelley's concept of 'modern authoritarians' as a central theme enables a reader to follow the complex personalities and course of events. Perhaps even more valuable is the accuracy of the concept in portraying the Russian political experience. It is clear and presents the material that students need to understand." -- Richard Farkas "Russian Politics and Presidential Power is a fine text for undergraduate audiences and a good one for graduate students to review, too. The notion of the 'authoritarian modernizer' helps as a way to understand the Russian presidency and to get away from the tendentious arguments about Yeltsin and Putin that are so often indulged in. Kelley's work is clearly written with well explained examinations of the turbulent eras covered." -- Gerry Hudson "Russian Politics and Presidential Power is notable for Professor Kelley's attention to political 'legacies' of past Russian and Soviet chief executive offices and practices. Dr. Kelley demonstrates a number of the reasons for which Russian Federation politics have remained very fluid, and he acquaints the reader with many of the major political issues that have surfaced within the Russian political arena since before the disappearance of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." -- Barbara Chotiner

Dewey Decimal947.086

Table Of ContentPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorChapter 1: Executive Power in Russian PoliticsWhat Does Executive Leadership Mean in the Russian Context?Authoritarian Modernizers: The PrototypeCharacteristics of Authoritarian ModernizersWhat Can We Learn from Past "Executives"?Earlier Authoritarian ModernizersThe Brezhnev Era: The Long Calm before the StormThe Uncertain Interregnum: Andropov and ChernenkoChapter 2: The Gorbachev PresidencyThe Starting Point: What Gorbachev IntendedGorbachev's Rise to PowerFrom General Secretary to PresidentThe Reform Agenda: Politics and PolicyGlasnostThe Economy: PerestroikaJudicial ReformForeign PolicyPolitical Reform: DemocratizationDemocratization of the Communist PartyThe Gorbachev PresidencyThe Presidency of the Russian FederationThe Battle of the PresidentsGorbachev as an Authoritarian ModernizerChapter 3: The Yeltsin Presidency, 1991-1993Yeltsin's Path to MoscowFrom Outcast to PresidentThe President Becomes a PresidentA Real President Gets a Real NationPersonal RivalriesEconomic Reforms as a Political IssueYeltsin's Economic Reforms: Phase I (1991-1993)The Reform of the Party-StateNational Identity and the Union TreatyJudicial ReformThe President and the LegislatureForeign PolicyYeltsin as an Authoritarian Modernizer: A Preliminary AssessmentChapter 4: Yeltsin and Russia RebornThe Presidency and the LegislatureJudicial ReformThe 1993 Duma ElectionsThe 1995 Duma ElectionsThe 1996 Presidential ElectionThe Second Term: From Victory to ResignationYeltsin's Economic Reforms: Phase II (1994-1999)Foreign PolicyThe First Chechen WarThe December 1999 Duma ElectionsYeltsin's Surprise ResignationYeltsin as an Authoritarian Modernizer: A Final AssessmentChapter 5: Putin I, 2000-2008The 2000 Presidential ElectionVladimir Putin: From Spy Novels to the KremlinThe Putin FormulaThe Putin Presidency Emerges from Yeltsin's ShadowOutside the Garden Ring: "Managing" the New DemocracyThe Presidency and the Legislature: The 2003 Duma ElectionsJudicial ReformThe 2004 Presidential ElectionThe Rules and the Game ChangeThe Run-Up to the 2008 Presidential ElectionThe 2007 Duma ElectionsPutin's Economic ReformsForeign PolicyThe Second Chechen WarThe 2008 Presidential ElectionPutin as an Authoritarian ModernizerChapter 6: The "Tandem"Dmitry Medvedev: Putin's Friend from LeningradGoverning the Nation in TandemMedvedev and Putin in TandemFactional RealitiesMedvedev and Economic ReformMedvedev and Political ModernizationJudicial ReformForeign PolicyThe Russian-Georgian WarMedvedev and the Legislature: The 2011 Duma ElectionsThe Duma Election and Voting FraudThe 2012 Presidential ElectionElection ResultsMedvedev as an Authoritarian ModernizerChapter 7: Putin II, 2012-The "New" CabinetPutin II: Old and New RealitiesMaintaining the Balance within the Garden RingControlling the OppositionThe Economy: Prosperity and ModernityForeign PolicyCrimea and UkraineRussian Foreign Policy and the WorldThe Three Arenas of Russian PoliticsInside the Garden Ring: Factional Politics in Putin IIA Note on the SilovikiOutside the Garden Ring: Politics in the Rest of the Russian FederationThe Authoritarian Modernizer RevisitedThe Legal System and the CourtsConnecting Those Inside and Outside the Garden RingPolitical PartiesCivil SocietyControl of the MediaThe Leadership Cult as a ConnectionPutin as an Authoritarian ModernizerChapter 8: The Future(s) of Russian PoliticsThe Future of the Russian Presidency(ies)What Will Drive Change?Changes in the Nature of Factional PoliticsChanges in the Nature of Electoral Politics at the National, Regional, and Local LevelsPolitics Moves to the Street: A Color Revolution or Moscow SpringWhat Is a Color Revolution?A Russian Color Revolution?Index

SynopsisRussian Politics and Presidential Powertakes an in-depth look at the Russian presidency and uses it as a key to understanding Russian politics. Donald R. Kelley looks at presidents from Gorbachev to Putin as authoritarian, transformational leaders who set out to build the future, while sometimes rejecting and reinterpreting the work of past modernizers. Placing the presidency in this context helps readers understand both the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the nature of the Russian Federation that rose in its place. And by setting the presidency within a longer historical context, Kelley shows how the future of the presidency is dependent on other features of the political system., Author Donald Kelley highlights the presidency as a work in progress shaped by the demands of creating political, economic, and social stability while simultaneously institutionalizing democratic rule. By setting the presidency within a longer historical context, Kelley traces the evolution of Russian politics from the late Soviet Union to the Russian Federation, showing how the future development of the presidency is dependent on other features of the political system., Russian Politics and Presidential Power takes an in-depth look at the Russian presidency and uses it as a key to understanding Russian politics. Donald R. Kelley looks at presidents from Gorbachev to Putin as authoritarian, transformational leaders who set out to build the future, while sometimes rejecting and reinterpreting the work of past modernizers. Placing the presidency in this context helps readers understand both the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the nature of the Russian Federation that rose in its place. By setting the presidency within a longer historical context, Kelley shows how the future of the presidency is dependent on other features of the political system. Book jacket., This is an in-depth look at the Russian presidency as a case study of institution-building in a setting in which a strong executive faces the dual tasks of creating political, economic and social stability while simultaneously institutionalizing democratic rule., An in-depth look at the Russian presidency as a case study of institution building within the context of a mixed presidential-parliamentary regime., Russian Politics and Presidential Power takes an in-depth look at the Russian presidency and uses it as a key to understanding Russian politics. Donald R. Kelley looks at presidents from Gorbachev to Putin as authoritarian, transformational leaders who set out to build the future, while sometimes rejecting and reinterpreting the work of past modernizers. Placing the presidency in this context helps readers understand both the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the nature of the Russian Federation that rose in its place. And by setting the presidency within a longer historical context, Kelley shows how the future of the presidency is dependent on other features of the political system.

LC Classification NumberJN6696.K45 2016