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Russia's Policy Challenges: Security, Stability, and Development
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Description: Designed for use in courses on contemporary Russia, this volume explores Russia's policy dilemmas in three realms: international security, socio-political, and socio-economic. In each of these categories, Russia faces daunting problems, none of which is likely to be resolved quickly or easily. Yet, over the longer term, the extent to which policymakers are successful in dealing with these challenges will go far in determining Russia's future place in the world, how Russians will live, and what kind of country Russia becomes.
Each expertly authored chapter outlines the nature of one major issue; traces it evolution and policy developments under the Yeltsin and Putin presidencies; and evaluates the effectiveness and prospects of efforts to come to grips with the challenge.
Selected Contents:
List of Tables, Figures, and Map
About the Editor and the Contributors
Preface Stephen K. Wegren
Introduction: Policy and Security Challenges in Russia James R. Millar and Stephen K. Wegren
PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES
1. Russias Threat Perceptions John Reppert
2. Russian-Asian Relations Dale Herspring
3. The Challenge of Relations with Former Republics Mikhail A. Alexseev
4. The Challenge of Russia's North-South Intergration Gregory Gleason
5. Russian-American Relations Herbert J. Ellison
PART TWO: SOCIO-POLITICAL CHALLENGES
6. The Challenge of Crime and Corruption Louise I. Shelley
7. Putin's Vertical Challenge:Center-Periphery Relations Darrell Slider
8. The Challenge of Civil Society Christopher Marsh
9. Russia's Struggle for Democracy Joel Moses
PART THREE: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
10. Labor Challenges and the Problem of Quiescence Debra Javeline
11. Russia's Demographic Challenges Timothy Heleniak
12. The Challenge of Rural Revival Stephen K. Wegren, Vladimir R. Belenkiy, and Valeri Patsiorkovski
13. Environmental Policy Challenges Nathaniel Trumbull and Craig ZumBrunnen
Index
Review(s): Russia's Policy Challenges provides summary discussions of the principal challenges facing Russia in a variety of issues in the near future. ...analystical, clear, and backed by significant evidence. ...provides an excellent introduction and should be widely appreciated by both students and scholars alike. Slavic Review
    
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