Part 1: The Fall of Communism and the Rebirth of Russia Part 2: Political Institutions and Processes Part 3: Federalism, Regionalism and Nationalism Part 4: Economy and Society Part 5: Foreign Policies Part 6: Dilemmas of Democratisation
Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is the author of Soviet Politics: An Introduction and of Gorbachev and His Reforms 1985-1900, in addition, he has edited Ruslan Khasbulatov's The Struggle for Russia.
'It should be on the shelf of anyone seeking to make heads or tails of the problems of Yeltsin's Russia' - Guardian 'The most comprehensive and detailed analysis and assessment of post-Soviet Russian politics to be found in a single volume. No student can afford to miss it.' - Peter Shearman, Journal of Area Studies 'Sakwa's Russian Politics and Society is THE place to begin to understand how Russia found itself in its current perilous position.' - Professor Ronald Grigor Suny, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, USA 'A remarkable achievement - comprehensive in scope and judicious in its interpretation, this is a satisfying portrait of the world's largest state as it enters a new millennium.' - Stephen White, University of Glasgow 'Already a standard in the field, this third edition of Richard Sakwa's RUSSIAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY represents a provocative yet balanced account of the country's political development and degeneration. The coverage is impressively comprehensive, rendering its subject both accessible to lay readers and engaging for the specialist. The book is superbly informed by one of Russia's most astute analysts. - Professor Michael Urban, University of California, USA "Sakwa's Russian Politics and Society is THE place to begin to understand how Russia found itself in its current perilous position."- Professor Ronald Grigor Suny, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago.
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