Description: A concise overview of Putin's policies and analytical studies of their success or failure in each of the seven federal okrugs that he created in May 2000 to impose greater federal control over the regions.
Brief description: Gulnaz Sharafutdinova is Professor of Russian Politics at King's Russia Institute (King's College London, UK. She is the author of award-winning The Red Mirror: Putin's Leadership and Russia's Insecure Identity (2020) and an earlier monograph, Political Consequences of Crony Capitalism Inside Russia (2011). She is also the co-editor, along with Neringa Klumbyte, of Soviet Society In The Era of Late Socialism, 1964-1985 (2012).
Review Quotes:
"An excellent edited volume reviewing the record of the federal okrugs decreed by Russian President Vladimir Putin....Taken as a whole, the volume provides a view of Russian politics at the nexus of center and periphery. Highly recommended." --Choice Reviews
"An interesting read. Provides a timely and thorough interim assessment of the federal reforms implemented by Putin during his first term in office." --Slavic Review "Reddaway and Orttung's edited volume (the first in a series of two) is extremely valuable for understanding Vladimir Putin's answer to the question of how Russia is best ruled. Reddaway and Orttung provide perceptive introductory chapters and a conclusion. Between these are the particularly valuabe individual chapters covering each of the seven 'federal okrugs' in some detail." --American Political Science Review "Reddaway and Ottung's edited volume (the first in a series of two) is extremely valuable for understanding Vladimir Putin's answer to the question of how Russia is best ruled. It takes the form of a detailed study of Putin's federal reforms of 2000 and their aftermaths." --Edwin Bacon, University of Birmingham