Institutions, Ideas And Leadership In Russian Politics (st Antony's Series)

This Book Addresses The Question: How, And To What Degree, Are Political Institutions Important In Explaining The State Of Post-communist Political Systems Today? More Specifically, It Analyses The Nature Of Political Leadership And Explains How, And Under What Circumstances, Ideas And Identity Have Influenced Post-soviet Political Change-- Explaining Political And Economic Change In Post-soviet Russia / Julie Newton -- Presidents And Parties : Leadership And Institution-building In Post-communist Russia / Thomas F. Remington -- Russia's Gubernatorial Elections : A Postmortem / J. Paul Goode -- Back To The Future? : Thoughts On The Political Economy Of Expanding State Ownership In Russia / William Tompson -- Shortcut To Great Power : Russia In Pursuit Of Multipolarity / Julie Newton -- The Presence Of Absence : Ethnicity Policy In Russia / Peter Rutland -- Political Parties Under Putin : Party-system Development And Democracy / Kenneth Wilson -- The Rule-of-law Factor / Jeffrey Kahn -- Ukraine : Improbable Democratic Nation-state, But Possible Democratic State-nation? / Alfred Stepan -- Explaining European Union Aid To Russia / Tomila Lankina. Edited By Julie M. Newton, William J. Tompson. This edited collection examines the role of leadership, institutions and ideas, and the interactions among them, in shaping Russia's post-Soviet transformation. It is a stimulating and thought-provoking collection that challenges some of the emerging conventional wisdom about contemporary Russia. What roles have institutions, ideas and leadership played in shaping Russia's post-Soviet transformation? This volume brings together eight specially commissioned essays by leading scholars to explore the interactions between these three critical factors in shaping Russia's development from Mikhail Gorbachev to Vladimir Putin. The contributors explore such diverse areas as party formation, the emergence of representative institutions, the governance of Russian regions, the rule of law, nationalities policy and foreign relations, reaching some surprising conclusions. While some scholars have questioned the degree to which Russia's polity was institutionalised at all, and others have written of its 'de-institutionalisation' under Vladimir Putin, the authors gathered here present a much more complex and variegated picture of Russia's recent institutional development. They also return attention to the role of ideas, often overlooked in debates about the relative importance of institutions and leadership. The result is a stimulating and thought-provoking collection that challenges some of the emerging conventional wisdom about contemporary Russia The Twentieth Century Posed Great Challenges For British Foreign Policy. How Effectively Did Policymakers Cope With Change And Decline? Were They As Pragmatic As They Claimed? Are There Identifiable Patterns Of Success And Failure? Peter Mangold Seeks To Answer These Questions In This New Thematic Account Of British Foreign Policy Between 1900 And 2000. Issues Covered Include Imperial Overstretch, The Reluctance To Engage Militarily And Politically With Continental Europe, Alliance Management, The Role Of Force, Loss Of Great Power Status, And Britain's Impact On The International System. The Final Chapter Considers Prospects For The Twenty-first Century.--jacket. 1. The Scope Of The Possible -- 2. Ends Beyond Means -- 3. The Limits Of Pragmatism -- 4. Kinds Of Allies -- 5. The Strategic Dimension -- 6. The Sound Barrier -- 7. International Impact -- 8. Patterns And Prognoses -- App. I. Outline Chronology, Main Events Relating To British Foreign Policy, 1900-2000 -- App. Ii. British Foreign Secretaries, 1900-2001. Peter Mangold. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 219-233) And Index. Western liberal order is in a protracted process of transition. There is no new hegemon willing or able to replace the United States and to push for a redesign of the global governance architecture from scratch. Emerging powers engage in global cooperation in their own way and on their own terms. While there seems to be a growing demand for effective global cooperation, there are no longer universally applicable concepts to analyze it nor a common language with which to describe it. Effective Multilateralism makes the case for a new approach in order to understand and explain global cooperation and collective action juxtaposing the European concept of effective multilateralism with the empirical reality of regional cooperation in East Asia. The careful examination of East Asian cases leads to a better understanding of the scope conditions of analytical frameworks of multilateralism" Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction: Explaining Political and Economic Change in Post-Soviet Russia....Pages 1-21 Presidents and Parties: Leadership and Institution-Building in Post-Communist Russia....Pages 22-42 Russia’s Gubernatorial Elections: A Postmortem....Pages 43-66 Back to the Future? Thoughts on the Political Economy of Expanding State Ownership in Russia....Pages 67-87 Shortcut to Great Power: Russia in Pursuit of Multipolarity....Pages 88-115 The Presence of Absence: Ethnicity Policy in Russia....Pages 116-136 Political Parties Under Putin: Party-System Development and Democracy....Pages 137-158 The Rule-of-Law Factor....Pages 159-183 Ukraine: Improbable Democratic ‘Nation-State’, but Possible Democratic ‘State-Nation’?....Pages 184-217 Explaining European Union Aid to Russia....Pages 218-241 Back Matter....Pages 242-250 "The twentieth century posed great challenges for British foreign policy. How effectively did policymakers cope with change and decline? Were they as pragmatic as they claimed? Are there identifiable patterns of success and failure?". "Peter Mangold seeks to answer these questions in this new thematic account of British foreign policy between 1900 and 2000. Issues covered include imperial overstretch, the reluctance to engage militarily and politically with continental Europe, alliance management, the role of force, loss of Great Power status, and Britain's impact on the international system. The final chapter considers prospects for the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET. A growing interest in political Islam has assumed significant ideological and intellectual dimensions, especially in recent years. Rather than viewing the issue as Islam versus the rest, or tradition against modernity, this volume acknowledges the mutualities without overlooking the tensions. It centers on issues such as the Rushdie affair, conflictive pluralism in South Asia and Islam's links with the Kashmir dispute, the Iranian revolution, civil war in Afghanistan, and western public diplomacy. "This book addresses the question: how, and to what degree, are political institutions important in explaining the state of post-Communist political systems today? More specifically, it analyses the nature of political leadership and explains how, and under what circumstances, ideas and identity have influenced post-Soviet political change"-- Provided by publisher "This book gives an economic perspective to the analysis of deforestation. Following a survey of different deforestation definitions, theories and empirical evidence, a case-study of Ecuador provides a versatile historical picture of factors influencing forest loss throughout different periods, regions and ecosystems."--BOOK JACKET. Examines key trends in emerging strategic technologies and the implications for geopolitics and human dignity. Al-Rodhan argues that future evolution into transhumans is inevitable. In preparation, the global community is urged to establish strict moral and legal guidelines balancing innovation with the guarantee of dignity for all. A stimulating and thought-provoking collection that challenges some of the emerging conventional wisdom about contemporary Russia. It examines the role of leadership, institutions and ideas, and the interactions among them, in shaping Russia's post-Soviet transformation.