Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society

Routledge, 2022.

Under the general editorship: G. Gill

This second edition of the highly respected Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society both

provides a broad overview of the area and highlights cutting- edge research into the country.

Through balanced theoretical and empirical investigation, each chapter examines both the

Russian experience and the existing literature, identifies and exemplifies research trends, and

highlights the richness of experience, history, and continued challenges inherent to this enduringly

fascinating and shifting polity. Politically, economically, and socially, Russia has one of

the most interesting development trajectories of any major country. This Handbook answers

questions about democratic transition, the relationship between the market and democracy,

stability and authoritarian politics, the development of civil society, the role of crime and

corruption, the development of a market economy, and Russia’s likely place in the emerging

new world order.

Providing a comprehensive resource for scholars, students, and policy makers alike, this book

is an essential contribution to the study of Russian studies/ politics, Eastern European studies/

politics, and International Relations.

Chapters

Symbolism and the transformation of the national historical narrative in postsoviet Russia

Malinova O. Y., , in: Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society.: Routledge, 2022. Ch. 33 P. 377–387.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia needed a new symbolism to provide a basis for  renewed national identity and a vision of a common past and future. Constructing appropriate symbols became vitally important for cultivating national solidarity and loyalty to the new Russian state. The chapter describes the major stages of evolution of the ...

Added: March 16, 2023

Inequality in Russia

Mareeva S., , in: Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society.: Routledge, 2022. Ch. 27 P. 311–319.

This chapter describes the issues of monetary inequality in modern Russia, its dynamics in recent years and the current structure of Russian society in terms of income. When measured by traditional indicators, income inequality among the whole population is noticeably higher in Russia than in Western Europe. The calculation of an integral index made it ...

Added: January 25, 2023

State Capacity and Russia

Andrei Melville, , in: Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society.: Routledge, 2022. Ch. 17 P. 193–206.

The concept of state capacity which still lacks sufficient analytical clarity appeared in the focus of contemporary political research, both theoretical and empirical, within the context of the so called “return of the state” in the 1980s (Evans, Reuschemeyer, and Skocpol, 1985) as the main agenda of political science after decades of predominant interest in ...

Added: April 17, 2023

Symbolism and the transformation of the national historical narrative in postsoviet Russia

Olga Malinova, , in: Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society.: Routledge, 2022. Ch. 33 P. 377–387.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia needed a new symbolism to provide a basis for renewed national identity and a vision of a common past and future. This chapter describes the major stages of evolution of the symbolic programme developed by the Russian state, with a special focus on transformations of the national ...

Added: November 12, 2023

Keywords: contemporary Russian politics, contemporary Russian society