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List of Illustrative Material | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Russia: Continuity and Change | |
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Studying Russian Government and Politics | |
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Why we study Russia | |
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How we study Russia | |
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Views of Russia and its politics | |
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Critical thinking about Russia | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Roots: The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union | |
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Early Russian states | |
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Russia as an empire | |
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The revolutions | |
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The development of the Soviet state | |
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The Soviet Union during the Cold War | |
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Critical thinking about Russia's history | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Soviet Transformation, 1985-91 | |
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The beginning of the transformation | |
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Perestroika and glasnost | |
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Unintended consequences | |
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Critical thinking about the Soviet transformation | |
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Conclusion | |
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Institutions and Elections | |
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The Executive Branch | |
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Key developments | |
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The president of the Russian Federation | |
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The Government (Cabinet of Ministers) of the Russian Federation | |
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The subjects of the Russian Federation | |
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The transformation of the executive branch | |
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Critical thinking about the executive branch | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Legislative Branch | |
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Key developments | |
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The State Duma | |
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The Federation Council | |
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Critical thinking about the legislative branch | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Judicial Branch and Justice Administration | |
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Key developments | |
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The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation | |
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The Supreme Court | |
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The Supreme Arbitration Court | |
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The Russian Criminal Code | |
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The Prosecutor's Office | |
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The Ministry of Justice | |
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Law enforcement: The Ministry for Internal Affairs | |
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Critical thinking about Russia's judicial branch and justice administration | |
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Conclusion | |
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Political Behavior, Participation, And Communication | |
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Political Parties | |
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Key developments | |
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On Russian political terminology | |
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Major political parties | |
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Critical thinking about political parties | |
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Conclusion | |
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Presidential and Parliamentary Elections | |
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Key developments | |
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Parliamentary elections | |
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Presidential elections | |
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Critical thinking about elections in Russia | |
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Conclusion | |
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Political Communications and Mobilization | |
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Key developments | |
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The media today | |
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Strategies of political communication and mobilization | |
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Critical thinking about political communication and mobilization | |
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Conclusion | |
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Russian Policies | |
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Economic and Business Policies | |
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Key developments | |
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Government regulation of the economy | |
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Economic strategies | |
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Critical thinking about Russia's economic policies | |
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Conclusion | |
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Social Policies: Health, Education, and Housing | |
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Key developments | |
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Government institutions | |
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The National Priority Projects | |
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Critical thinking about social policies | |
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Conclusion | |
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Foreign Policy | |
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A brief review of history and institutions | |
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Key developments | |
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Foreign policy concepts | |
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Regional policies | |
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Critical thinking about foreign policy | |
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Conclusion | |
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Defense and Security Policies | |
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Key developments | |
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The commander in chief | |
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The Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation | |
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Military policies | |
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The Federal Security Service | |
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The External intelligence Service | |
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Counterterrorism policies | |
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Critical thinking about defense and security policies | |
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Conclusion | |
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Summary and Conclusion | |
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A brief review | |
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The economy and economic policies | |
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Social policies and dependency | |
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Foreign policy and security | |
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Government and participation | |
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Forecasts | |
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References | |
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Index | |