Waiting For Reform Under Putin and Medvedev

Introduction; L.Jonson & S.White PART I: THE CHALLENGE OF MODERNIZATION IN RUSSIA Globalization and Discursive Resistance: Authoritarian Power Structures in Russia and the Challenges of Modernity; N.Hayoz Russian Modernization Doctrines under Debate; M.Urnov PART II: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RUSSIAN SYSTEM The Nature and Function of 'Putinism'; L.Gudkov The Myth of the Russian 'Unique Path' and Public Opinion; B.Dubin Socio-Cultural Factors and Russian Modernization; E.Pain PART III: PIECEMEAL REFORM UNDER PUTIN AND MEDVEDEV The Policy-making Process in Putin's Prime Ministership; S.Fortescue Business Representation in the State Duma; P.Chaisty De-bureaucratizing the Small Business Sector; E.Huskey United Russia's Political Recruitment in the Russian Regions and 'the strengthening of the Power Vertical': The Case of Novgorod Region; C.Fauconnier PART IV: CHALLENGES AND RISKS OF MODERNIZATION Modernization and the Russian Regions; N.Petrov Benefits and Risks of Political Modernization in Russia; I.Busygina & MikhailFilippov PART V: REFLECTIONS IN EARLY 2012 Modernization and After; S.White & L.Jonson