Chapter 1 Introduction: Purpose, Definitions, Significance Chapter 2 Origins and Development: Tsarist-Soviet Bureaucratic Continuity Chapter 3 Power and Problems Chapter 4 Process, Culture and Style or "The Way Things Work" Chapter 5 Power, Politics and Resistance Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Selected Bibliography Chapter 8 Suggested Reading
Karl Ryavec is emeritus professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Years of study, travel, and practical experience in U.S. government
dealings with Russian arms control admirably equip Karl Ryavec to
undertake the first truly comprehensive examination of continuities
in Tsarist and Soviet bureaucracy. The resulting book will be
indispensable both as a guide and a caution for those dealing with
Russian officialdom.
*John Armstrong, professor emeritus at University of
Wisconsin-Madison*
Karl Ryavec traces in a richly documented and lively narrative how
Russia's powerful, self-interested, and corrupt bureaucracy has
persisted and flourished in Tsarist, Soviet, and post-Soviet
Russia.
*Peter Juviler, Columbia University*
As Ryavec vividly conveys . . . the Russian state is its
bureaucracy with all of its flaws and inadequacies. As such,
Russia's bureaucracy warrants the close attention Ryavec gives it.
. . . An evocative but disheartening portrayal of the state of
Russia. . . . Recommended.
*CHOICE*
Ryavec succeeds in providing a comprehensive and incisive analysis
of this key to understanding Russian social life....Like so much
else in contemporary Russian society, the slow but inexorable
process of generational change and the development of civil society
together offer up the best chances for a more normal Russian
bureaucracy. In his significant contribution to our understanding
of this bedrock Russian phenomenon, Ryavec more than anyone else
has provided for us the signposts for any such change.
*Slavic Review*
The first book on the Russian bureaucracy to range so widely and
with such ambition across the country's recent history. Ryavec
includes wonderfully illustrative vignettes and convincing
assessments of bureaucratic behavior.
*Eugene Huskey, Stetson University*
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