Russian Politics from Lenin to Putin

1. T.H. Rigby on Soviet and Post-Soviet Russian Politics
Stephen Fortescue

2. Institutionalization and Personalism in the Policy-making Process of the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia
Stephen Fortescue

3. The Boss and His Team: Stalin and the Inner Circle, 1925–33
Sheila Fitzpatrick

4. Building the Communist Future: Legitimation and the Soviet City
Graeme Gill

5. Legitimation and Legitimacy in Russia Revisited
Leslie Holmes

6. Perestroika as Revolution from Above
Archie Brown

7. How Much Did Popular Disaffection Contribute to the Collapse of the USSR?
Peter Reddaway

8. Pantouflage à la russe: The Recruitment of Russian Political and Business Elites
Eugene Huskey

9. Conclusion
Stephen Fortescue

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Politics, European Union Politics, European History, Political Science, Modern History, Russian, Soviet, and East European History