The Legacy of the Soviet Union

Preface and Acknowledgements; A.Wilson INTRODUCTION The Soviet Union in Retrospect; S.Fitzpatrick PART I: NATIONAL IDENTITY A Future Russia: A Nation-State or a Multi-National Federation?; V.Tolz Rival Versions of East Slavic Identity in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus; A.Wilson Separatist States and Post-Soviet Conflicts; D.Lynch Management of Ethnic Relations in Kazakhstan: Stability Without Success; B.Dave PART II: THE ECONOMY Transactions in the US-Russia Relationship: Representational Gymnastics, Shifting Agency and Russia's Decline; J.Wedel Blat Lessons: Networks, Institutions, Unwritten Rules; A.Ledeneva Administrative Regions and the Economy; P.Hanson PART III: POLITICS, LAW AND FOREIGN POLICY Law Reform and Civic Culture; W.Butler Censorship and Restrictions of Freedom of Speeach in Russia 1986 - 1991-2001; M.Dewhirst Politics Beyond the Garden Ring: Rethinking the Post-Soviet Experience; V.Gel'man Westernism, Eurasianism and Pragmatism: The Foreign Policies of the Post-Soviet States, 1991-2001; P.J.S.Duncan CONCLUSION Conclusions: Stalin's Death 50 Years On; W.Slater