Developments in Russian Politics 10

Henry E. Hale is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, USA.Juliet Johnson is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Canada.Tomila V. Lankina is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, UK.

• Preface – Henry E. Hale, George Washington University, USA; Juliet Johnson, McGill University, Canada; and Tomila Lankina, LSE, UK1. Putin and the Dynamics of Russia’s Political System – Henry E. Hale, George Washington University, USA2. Russian Imperial and Soviet History – Kristy Ironside, McGill University, Canada3. How Russia’s Past Influences Current Politics – Tomila V. Lankina, LSE, UK4. Nationalism, Identity, and the Russia–Ukraine War – Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, King's College London, UK5. Russia’s Gendered Politics – Valerie Sperling, Clark University, USA6. Russia’s Economic Policies – Juliet Johnson, McGill University, Canada 7. Russia’s Informal Economy – Yoshiko M. Herrera, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA; and Evgeniya Mitrokhina, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA8. Formal Institutions of Government – Grigorii V. Golosov, European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia9. Authoritarian Mechanics – David Szakonyi, George Washington University, USA10. Federalism and Centre–Periphery Relations – Vladimir Gel’man, European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia11. Chechnya – Marat Iliyasov, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA12. Inequality and Marginalized Groups – Jeremy Morris, Aarhus University, Denmark13. Protest and Civil Society – Katerina Tertytchnaya, University College London, UK14. Climate Change – Debra Javeline, University of Notre Dame, USA15. Russia's Invasion and Ukraine's Resistance – Maria Popova, McGill University, Canada; and Oxana Shevel, Tufts University, USA16. Russian Foreign Policy – Kathryn Stoner, Stanford University, USA

By a long distance the best available undergraduate text on contemporary Russian politics. The impressive writing team have succeeded in producing a text which is both fully up to date and an excellent summary of developments in the field over the recent period.