Russian Politics from Lenin to Putin

An exploration of themes pursued by T.H. Rigby, such as the personal versus the institutional, legitimacy, and the collapse of a mono-organizational society.

ARCHIE BROWN Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford., UK SHEILA FITZPATRICK Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor in Modern Russian History at the University of Chicago, USA STEPHEN FORTESCUE Associate Professor in Politics at University of New South Wales, and a Principal Fellow of the Contemporary European Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia GRAEME GILL Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Professor of Government and Public Administration at the University of Sydney, and a Principal Fellow of the Contemporary European Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia LESLIE HOLMES Professor of Political Science and Deputy Director of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) at the University of Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. EUGENE HUSKEY is a professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of Russian Studies at Stetson University in Florida, USA. PETER REDDAWAY is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University, USA