1. Introduction: Perspectives on Putin Ronald J. Hill 2. Rus United Ken Jowitt 3. Big Money as an Obstacle to Democracy in Russia Vladimir Shlapentokh 4. Pre-Modern State Building in Post-Soviet Russia Ottorino Cappelli 5. Putin, Professional Politician Rita di Leo 6. The Russian Elite in Transition Olga Kryshtanovskaya 7. The Putin Phenomenon Stephen White and Ian McAllister 8. Putin in Russian Fiction Andrei Rogatchevski
Biography
Ronald J. Hill is Fellow Emeritus and former Professor of Comparative Government, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He has published widely on Soviet, Communist and Russian affairs.
Ottorino Cappelli teaches Political Science and Comparative Politics at the Università di Napoli ‘L’Orientale’.
'This is a strong collection and offers much that will interest those working on contemporary Russian politics and culture.' - Emily D. Johnson, Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 89, 4, October 2011
