Elusive Russia : Current Developments in Russian State Identity and Institutional Reform under President Putin.

Intro -- Elusive Russia -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface Katlijn Malfliet and Ria Laenen -- Authority and Identity in Russia Marie Mendras -- Authority Building or Power Building? -- The power of administrations -- Rulers and Ruled -- Putin, champion of the state or agent of its demise? -- Identity: European or Not? -- Russia and the West -- Europe, the Preferred Other -- Disenchantment -- Russian Domestic Affairs Matter -- Russian Nationalism under Putin: A Majority Faith? Luke March -- Strong Empire, Weak Nation -- Contemporary Russian Ethnopolitics -- Russian Nationalist Support and Influence -- Putin and Russian Nationalism -- Russian Nationalism Redux? -- Conclusion -- Federalism in Russia: Outcomes of the Decade 1993 - 2003 and the Newest Developments Irina Busygina -- Outcomes of the Decade 1993-2003 -- Territorial Reform -- Federalism and Political Parties in Russia -- Federalism and Society -- Some Conclusions -- The Russian Parliament and Vladimir Putin's Presidency Andrei Zakharov -- The Yeltsin Regime -- The Putin Regime -- The President and the Parliament -- Parliamentary Efficiency -- Unwillingness to control -- Conclusions -- Conclusion : Elusive Russia ? How to Understand Today's Russia ? Katlijn Malfliet and Ria Laenen -- About the authors.

Since President Putin came to power, Russia's domestic political process underwent continuous changes. Up till now it remains unclear whether Russia is on the road towards becoming a fullfledged democracy or if it is diverting from this path.Elusive Russia brings together the views of four leading Russia experts on Russian state identity and institutional reform. Marie Mendras, Luke March, Irina Busygina and Andrei Zakharov share their original approaches on some key components of today's russian politics and bring their own perspective to the complex and ongoing process of Russia's nation and state building. They address urgent questions that relate to Russia's post-Soviet democratization process. In which way has the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of power been developing? How has Russia conceptualized itself as a federal state? How strong is the nationalist component in today's Russian politics? Which concept of the Rule of Law finds its resonance in Russia's state structures?Although Russia seems to remain an elusive entity according to the concepts of Western political sciences, this volume aims to shed some light on the ongoing political developments by offering a 'status questionis'.

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