Studying Russian Politics through Western Lenses: Changes and Challenges

Autor(en): Vladimir Gel'man
Herausgeber: Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Serie: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Ausgabe: 94
Seiten: 2-4
Verlag(e): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publikationsjahr: 2011

In contrast to the Soviet period, Russia is now integrated into comparative political science and Russians contribute to Western studies of their country. Current scholars generally fall into three camps, pessimists, optimists, and realists. Their key task will be figuring out how Russia fits into the world today.

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