Russia [electronic resource] : the challenges of transformation / edited by Piotr Dutkiewicz and Dmitri Trenin ; foreword by Craig Calhoun ; afterword by Vladimir I. Yakunin.

"A co publication with the Social Science Research Council."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Missing in translation: re-conceptualizing Russia's developmental state / Piotr Dutkiewicz -- The long road to normalcy: where Russia now stands / Vladimir Popov -- The sovereign bureaucracy in Russia's modernizations / Georgi Derluguian -- The changing dynamics of Russian politics / Richard Sakwa -- Leadership and the politics of modernization / Timothy J. Colton -- The sociology of post-reform Russia / Mikhail K. Gorshkov -- Elites: the choice for modernization / Leonid Grigoriev -- Education for an innovative Russia / Nur Kirabaev -- Health and healthcare in Russia today and tomorrow / Oleg Atkov and Guzel Ulumbekova -- The imaginary curtain / Roderic Lyne -- What kind of a Europe for what kind of Russia / Alexander Rahr -- The Obama administration's "reset button" for Russia / Andrew C. Kuchins -- Russia: the eastern dimension / Bobo Lo -- Russia and the newly independent states of Central Asia: relations transformed / Rustem Zhangozha -- Of power and greatness / Dmitri Trenin -- Russia and the West: toward understanding / Vladimir I. Yakunin.

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