Presidential Power in Russia (The New Russian Political System, 1)

This is the first major assessment of the role of the presidency in Russia's difficult transition form communist rule. Huskey analyzes the establishment and functioning of the Russian presidency as an institution and in relation to the other leading institutions of state: the government, parliament, courts, and regional authorities. Although this is not a biography of the first president, Boris Yeltsin, his allies and his rivals loom large in the study of a critical phase in the creation of a new Russian political system. This is the first major assessment of the role of the presidency in Russia's difficult transition from communist rule. Huskey analyzes the establishment and functioning of the Russian presidency as an institution and in relation to the other leading institutions of state: the government, parliament, courts, and regional authorities. Although this is not a biography of the first president, Boris Yeltsin, his allies, and his rivals loom large in the study of a critical phase in the creation of a new Russian political system. This is an assessment of the role of presidency in Russia's difficult transition from communist rule. It analyzes the establishment and functioning of the Russian presidency as an institution and in relation to other institutions of state - government, parliament, courts and regional authorities.