1st Edition

Constitutional Bargaining in Russia, 1990-93 Institutions and Uncertainty

By Edward Morgan-Jones Copyright 2010
208 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The years 1990-93 were a critical moment in Russia’s political development. This book provides a systematic explanation of outcomes of constitutional bargaining processes in Russia, which radically reshaped the institutions of the Russian state: removing Russia from constitutional subordination to the Soviet Union in 1990; creating a presidency and a constitutional court in 1991; and... Read more

1. Explaining the Beginning of Constitutional Negotiations  2. Explaining the Outcomes of Constitutional Negotiations before the fall of the Soviet Union  3. Yeltin’s Missed Opportunity?  4. Constitutional Negotiations within Congressional Institutions after the Fall of the Soviet Union  5. Explaining the Breakdown of Constitutional Negotiations

Biography

Edward Morgan-Jones is Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Kent, UK.

"This is an excellent, highly detailed account of one of the major themes of the first years of independent Russia, and one which did much to structure the course of subsequent Russian politics. Anyone interested in the course of Russian politics over this period would find this book of considerable interest." - Graeme Gill, The University of Sydney, Australia; The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review 38 (2011)

"Meticulous in basing his exploration of the factors impacting the main players in Russia’s constitutional negotiations on evidence rather than conjecture, Edward Morgan-Jones has crafted a carefully-argued monograph... [his] arguments are clear and well formulated, and allow a reader coming from a discipline other than political science to follow the reasoning. He summarizes alternate explanations precisely and eschews unnecessary jargon." - Jane Henderson, School of Law, King’s College London; Slavonic and East European Review (vol. 89, no. 4, October 2011)