How Russians Understand the New Russia: Consolidation and Contestation

by Stephen Whitefield and Paul Chaisty

The issues that are the most and the least divisive in Russia

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 created a new Russia, with new territorial boundaries and new political and economic systems. The hybrid political economy that emerged incorporated commitments to markets and democracy that were undermined by the state's economic interventions and authoritarian restrictions.

In this book, Paul Chaisty and Stephen Whitefield...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691258643
• ISBN13: 9780691258645
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages