Authoritarian modernization in Russia: ideas, institutions, and policies

In: Studies in contemporary Russia

Abstract

1. Introduction : why no authoritarian modernization in Russia? / Vladimir Gel'man -- 2. Fathers versus sons : generation changes and the ideational agenda of reforms in late-twentieth-century Russia / Vladimir Gel'man and Dmitry Travin -- 3. The dilemma of the perception of the strong state in Russia and the demand for modernization / Markku Kangaspuro -- 4. Framing modernization in Russian newspapers : words, not deeds / Jukka Pietilainen -- 5. Authoritarianism and institutional decay in Russia : disruption of property rights and the rule of law / Andrey Zaostrovtsev -- 6. The Russian people's front and hybrid governance dilemma / Jussi Lassila -- 7. Social network sites and political governance in Russia / Markku Lonkila -- 8. Russia's post-neoliberal development strategy and high-technology considerations / Anna Lowry -- 9. How does the government implement unpopular reforms? : evidence from education policy in Russia / Andrey Starodubtsev -- 10. Choosing between bureaucracy and the reformers : the Russian pension reform of 2001 as a compromise squared / Anna A. Dekalchuk -- 11. Labor reform in Putin's Russia : could modernization be democratic? / Ivan S. Grigoriev.