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Introduction1

I. On the Importance of the State in the Russian Setting1

II. The Argument of the Book10

III. The Organization of the Book16

1.Historical Patterns of Russian Political Development18

I. The Argument18

II. Specification of Terms20

III. A European Pattern of Political Development21

IV. Conditions Governing Russian Success24

V. The Distinctiveness of Russia's Patrimonial Absolutism31

VI. The Facts of Life36

VII. Implications37

VIII. Costs of Security and Costs of Production41

2.Soviet Legacies for Post-Soviet Russia47

I. Introduction47

II. The Argument49

III. Economic Legacies: Isolation and Relative Backwardness51

IV. Militarization of the Economy52

V. Social Legacies: Fragmentation and Exhaustion54

VI. Social Organization and Political Regime58

VII. Tidal Waves of Violence66

VIII. Positive Legacies70

IX. The Legacy of Soviet Collapse: Stealing the State73

X. Russia's Path-Dependent Matrix82

The 1990s in Russia: A New Time of Troubles?85

I. Introduction85

II. Worst-Case Scenarios Failed to Occur86

III. Another Russian Experiment87

IV. The Russian Macroeconomy88

V. Paths Taken and Not92

VI. Social Aspects99

VII. Russia's Silent Scream107

VIII. How do Russians Get By at All?108

IX. The Military111

X. The Condition of Russian Science117

XI. The Rise of Post-Soviet Russian Crime121

XII. Conclusion127

4Russia's "Neopatrimonial" Political System, 1992-2004128

I. Introduction128

II. General Prerequisites of Democracy131

III. Specific Tensions in Postcommunist Reform Processes132

IV. The Early Course of Reform134

V. Foreign Reinforcements137

VI. Russia's Political Institutions140

VII. Russia's Electoral History146

VIII. The "Pays Reel": The System of Presidential Authority152

IX. From Yeltsin to Putin155

X. Putin and the Consolidation of Russia's Neopatrimonial System159

XI. Conclusion163

5 The Russian 1990s in Comparative Perspective166

I. Introduction166

II. Institutions and Values170

III. Russia in the Post communist Context173

IV. Conclusions on Russia Compared to East-Central Europe183

V. Russia Compared to the G-7 World186

VI. Other Points of Comparison189

VII. Conclusions193

6 What Future for Russia? Liberal Economics and Illiberal Geography195

I. Introduction195

II. Structural or Conjuncture Factors in Russia's Favor?198

III. Infrastructure, Asset Depreciation, and Direct Capital Investment201

IV. The Decision to Invest205

V. The Influence of Late-Soviet Developments on Post-Soviet Prospects205

VI. Long-Term Consequences of Russia's Decade-Long Depression208

VII. After the Crash210

VIII. Enabling Conditions of Russian Recovery- Politics versus Geography?220

IX. Conclusions239

I. Summing Up239

II. Twelve Theses on the Influence of Domestic Factors onRussia's World Role243

5elect Bibliography257

Index269