Journal•ISSN: 1060-586X
Post-soviet Affairs
Taylor & Francis
About: Post-soviet Affairs is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Politics & Authoritarianism. It has an ISSN identifier of 1060-586X. Over the lifetime, 593 publications have been published receiving 14950 citations.
Topics: Politics, Authoritarianism, Democracy, Political science, Ukrainian
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TL;DR: In this article, a prominent theorist of Soviet and East European economics criticised the vision of political and economic processes implicit in shock therapy, defending an alternative, evolutionary approach, which holds the better prospect of generating economic progress that will be sustained over the long term.
Abstract: A prominent theorist of Soviet and East European economics critiques the vision of political and economic processes implicit in shock therapy, defending an alternative, evolutionary approach. The critique of shock therapy rests on both theoretical reasoning and examination of evidence from recent cases. An intensive study of economic change in Poland and Russia since the late-1980s concludes that, in both countries, shock therapy failed in its goal of implementing top-down reforms that by-pass existing political and social forces. The evolutionary approach, it is argued, holds the better prospect of generating economic progress that will be sustained over the long term. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: E61, L33, P21, P51.
220 citations
TL;DR: A political scientist and specialist on Russian electoral and ethnic politics provides an explanation of machine politics in Russia's regions that accounts for the great variation in the power of these machines.
Abstract: A political scientist and specialist on Russian electoral and ethnic politics provides an explanation of machine politics in Russia's regions that accounts for the great variation in the power of these machines. The focus is on distinguishing among the economic and ethnic legacies of the Soviet period, the effects of the transition itself, and the impact of provincial leadership. As evidence, the author presents a historicalinterpretive examination of Russia's transition at the level of provincial politics as well as a statistical analysis of factors impacting the strength of regional machine candidates in the 1999 single-member-district Duma elections.
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TL;DR: In this article, the composition of Russian officialdom since 1991 has been analyzed, focusing on changes in recruitment practice that have taken place under President Vladimir Putin, and trends in the number of government personnel who have a military or security background.
Abstract: Two specialists on Russian society and politics analyze the composition of Russian officialdom since 1991, focusing in particular on changes in recruitment practice that have taken place under President Vladimir Putin. On the basis of elite interviews and contemporary scholarly and media analysis of the Putin regime, the authors examine trends in the number of government personnel who have a military or security background. Also investigated are trends in the presidential administration's hold over federal agencies and representation of former military-security personnel at regional levels within the Russian Federation.
159 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how hybrid regimes supply governance by examining a series of dilemmas (involving elections, the mass media, and state institutions) that their rulers face.
Abstract: This article investigates how hybrid regimes supply governance by examining a series of dilemmas (involving elections, the mass media, and state institutions) that their rulers face. The authors demonstrate how regime responses to these dilemmas – typically efforts to maintain control while avoiding outright repression and societal backlash – have negative outcomes, including a weakening of formal institutions, proliferation of “substitutions” (e.g., substitutes for institutions), and increasing centralization and personalization of control. Efforts by Russian leaders to disengage society from the sphere of decision-making entail a significant risk of systemic breakdown in unexpected ways. More specifically, given significantly weakened institutions for interest representation and negotiated compromise, policy-making in the Russian system often amounts to the leadership's best guess (ad hoc manual policy adjustments) as to precisely what society will accept and what it will not, with a significant possibi...
154 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a distinguished social scientist investigates the extent to which Russians today use social capital networks developed in Soviet times or before to produce welfare and test hypotheses about ways of viewing networks in a modern vs. anti-modern context.
Abstract: A distinguished social scientist investigates the extent to which Russians today use social capital networks developed in Soviet times or before to produce welfare. Alternative hypotheses are set forth about ways of viewing networks in a modern vs. anti-modern context. Hypotheses are tested with a specially designed 1998 New Russia Barometer survey of all types of social capital networks. Conclusions are drawn about the networks Russians of varying education and socioeconomic status employ to get food and provide income security.
153 citations