Putin: Russia's Choice
Putin: Russia's Choice
Routledge | 2007-09-28 | ISBN: 0415407664 | 388 pages | PDF | 2.2MB
Fully revised and updated, the new edition of this extremely well-received political biography of Vladimir Putin builds on the strengths of the first edition to provide the most detailed and nuanced account of the man, his politics and his profound influence on Russian politics, foreign policy and society.
New to this edition:
analysis of Putin's second term as Presidentmore biographical information in the light of recent researchdetailed discussion of changes to the policy process and the elites around Putindevelopments in state-society relations including the conflicts with oligarchs such as Khodorkovsky review of changes affecting the party system and electoral legislation, including the development of federalism in Russia details on economic performance under Putin, including more discussion of the energy sector and pipeline politicsRussias relationship with NATO after the big bang enlargement, EU-Russian relations after enlargement, and Russias relations with other post-Soviet states.
Putin is essential reading for all students and scholars of Russian politics.