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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Maps | |
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| Prologue | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Myth of a Strong State: Legacy of the Empire and Autocracy | |
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| Imperial State, not Nation State | |
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| A People, not a Nation | |
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| The Ruler Ruled but did not Govern | |
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| The Dilution of the State within the Soviet System | |
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| The State as an Instrument of Power | |
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| Domestic Reform and Opening to the World | |
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| Opening Up: the End of the Besieged Fortress | |
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| The Central Relationship with the West | |
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| Gorbachev's Perestroika and the Quest for Modernity | |
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| The Government Misinforms Itself | |
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| A Better Life | |
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| Out of the Barrel | |
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| Understanding the Unexpected | |
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| The Misunderstanding over Ideology | |
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| Property and Free Vote: The Public-Private Separation at Stake | |
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| Economic Sovereignty | |
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| The Paradox of Mistrust | |
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| National Identity in the Turmoil of Change | |
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| The Defeat of Constitutionalism | |
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| The First Elections: Sovereignty and Representation Put to the Test | |
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| Calling in the Army and the End of Enchantment | |
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| The War in Chechnya | |
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| The Pitfalls of the New Presidentialism | |
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| Disapproval of Yeltsin's Policies | |
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| The Communist Revival and the Protest Vote | |
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| The Temptation to Postpone the Elections | |
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| The Re-election of Yeltsin and the 'Oligarchs' | |
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| Downward Spiral | |
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| The Financial Crash | |
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| The Leaders' Responsibility | |
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| War Again | |
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| The Legislative Elections of 1999: Choosing Yeltsin's Successor | |
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| Putin's Guaranteed Victory | |
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| The Power of Bureaucracies | |
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| Survival of the Administrative Elites | |
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| Complexity and Diversity | |
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| Federal Governance | |
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| Consolidation of the Regional Systems under Yeltsin | |
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| Administrative �Paternalism� | |
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| Local Powers | |
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| Disparities | |
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| The Preference for Unclear and Unsettled Rules | |
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| Bending the Rules | |
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| The Hollowing out of Public Institutions | |
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| The Break with Yeltsin | |
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| Violence and the Chechen Foe | |
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| Putin I and Putin II | |
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| Putin Consolidates his Power | |
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| Antifederalism | |
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| Increased Authoritarianism | |
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| Dropping the Mask | |
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| Putin�s Re-election in 2004 | |
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| Beslan: Exploiting Terrorism Politically | |
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| The 'Constitutional Coup' of 13 September 2004 | |
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| Stranglehold on Information and the Media | |
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| Subverting Judicial Independence | |
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| A Distrustful Society | |
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| Withdrawing the Democratic Promise | |
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| Freedoms | |
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| Fears | |
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| A Low-Conflict Society? | |
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| Submission or Consent? | |
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| Putin's Image as Leader | |
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| Willing Hostages? | |
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| The Putin System: Unanimity and Autocracy | |
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| Rotation in Office Refused: A Sure Sign of Autocracy | |
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| The Medvedev Scenario | |
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| The Plebiscite of 2 December, 2007 | |
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| The End of the Free and Pluralist Vote | |
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| Legalizing the Designated Successor | |
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| Why Keep Holding Elections? | |
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| Imitating or Downgrading Democracy? | |
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| Putin's Power and the Cult of Personality | |
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| Voluntary Servitude? | |
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| Putin III: The Unlikely Dyarchy | |
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| The Putin System: Patronage and the Enrichment of the Elites | |
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| Economic Growth, the Key to Consolidating the Political Regime | |
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| The Resources of Oligarchy | |
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| The Loyalty Paradigm | |
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| Clientelism and Corruption | |
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| Which �Elites'? | |
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| Unstable Equilibrium | |
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| National Exceptionalism | |
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| The War in Georgia: A Turning Point | |
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| The Image of the Enemy | |
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| The Democratic Threat | |
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| Terrorism and 'Extremism' | |
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| Khodorkovsky: Second Act | |
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| The Imagined Community: A More and More Fragmented Russia | |
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| The Unequal Tandem | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |