Russian Politics Today Stability and Fragility

Key features

• Overarching theme of stability and fragility, with an emphasis on how political, economic, and social forces contribute to either stabilizing the institutions, laws, and order of the Putin era, or introducing fragility, uncertainty, and the potential for change
• Emphasis on domestic politics, foregrounding institutional, interest, and ideational aspects of historical change and of the consolidation of authoritarian control under Putin, while also exploring how these impact foreign policy
• A diverse, international team of authors, including established scholars and rising stars from across Europe and North America, and edited by a leading scholar in Russian studies
• Wide-ranging coverage of Russian politics, including the previously under-explored topics of the politics of race, class, gender, sexuality, and the environment
• Short, accessible chapters that forgo technical language to provide a concise introduction to each topic, as well as an overview of the latest research