Re-emerging Russia

This book examines the evolution, contexts and politics of the structures and institutions that shape contemporary Russia. It analyses the Soviet dissolution, revealing the combination of structural and agency factors. It traces the re-emergence of Russia from a unique perspective that is neither Western nor Eurasian, but specifically Indian, located in the global South. The book looks at key theoretical concepts and practices like democratic centralism that produced an overly centralised and rigid hierarchy within the Communist Party. This book assesses the continuities and changes with the Soviet past and the way the Russian regimes of the past two decades have reinvented and reshaped them. This book provides a multifaceted interpretation of contemporary Russia for general readers and specialists. 

List of Graphs. - List of Tables. –Preface. -Chapter 1: The Disintegration of the Soviet Union: Systemic Change and the Systematic Collapse. -Chapter 2: The Constitution of Russia: Genesis, Features and Political Implications. -Chapter 3: The Formation of the Federation and Regional Politics. -Chapter 4: The Presidency and Presidential Power. -Chapter 5:  Political Parties and Elections. -Chapter 6: Economic Transition and State Capitalism. -Chapter 7: The Changing Russian Society. -Chapter 8: Foreign Policy of Russia: Capitulation to Re-assertion. -Chapter 9: Conclusion: Russian Democracy and its Paradoxes.