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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William ZimmermanPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.595kg ISBN: 9780691161488ISBN 10: 0691161488 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 27 April 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9781400880836 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsThis is an important and impressive scholarly work. . . . One would be hard-pressed to find another work that covers as much in just over 300 pages. --Paul Kubicek, Soviet and Post-Soviet Review Zimmerman's book is a welcome addition to the literature on comparative authoritarianism, and it is a unique contribution to the study of contemporary Russian politics in particular. --Kathryn Stoner, Political Science Quarterly Zimmerman's book is a major contribution, which speaks to comparativists, Russia scholars, and the broader public alike. --Inga A.-L. Saikkonen, Democratization This is a book for those who know a little about Soviet and Russian politics but who wish to gain a balanced and intelligent deeper understanding of the process of change that may one day end up with Russia becoming a 'normal' system. --Richard Sakwa, Russian Review William Zimmerman . . . has written an important book rich in historical detail. --Survival William Zimmerman's new book is perfectly timed to furnish a backdrop to this discussion, providing the first major overview of Russian leadership politics from 1917 to the present. . . . Ruling Russia is written in a lively style, with flashes of humour. --Lara Cook, Times Higher Education Western democracies often view the Russian political structure as something 'abnormal.' Zimmerman peels back this Western lens and looks systematically into Russian political history from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. He delves into how a consolidated political structure solidified with each passing generation of rulers. --Library Journal Western democracies often view the Russian political structure as something 'abnormal.' Zimmerman peels back this Western lens and looks systematically into Russian political history from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. He delves into how a consolidated political structure solidified with each passing generation of rulers. --Library Journal William Zimmerman's new book is perfectly timed to furnish a backdrop to this discussion, providing the first major overview of Russian leadership politics from 1917 to the present... Ruling Russia is written in a lively style, with flashes of humour. --Lara Cook, Times Higher Education Western democracies often view the Russian political structure as something 'abnormal.' Zimmerman peels back this Western lens and looks systematically into Russian political history from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. He delves into how a consolidated political structure solidified with each passing generation of rulers. --Library Journal William Zimmerman's new book is perfectly timed to furnish a backdrop to this discussion, providing the first major overview of Russian leadership politics from 1917 to the present... Ruling Russia is written in a lively style, with flashes of humour. --Lara Cook, Times Higher Education William Zimmerman ... has written an important book rich in historical detail. --Survival This is a book for those who know a little about Soviet and Russian politics but who wish to gain a balanced and intelligent deeper understanding of the process of change that may one day end up with Russia becoming a 'normal' system. --Richard Sakwa, Russian Review Zimmerman's book is a major contribution, which speaks to comparativists, Russia scholars, and the broader public alike. --Inga A.-L. Saikkonen, Democratization Zimmerman's book is a welcome addition to the literature on comparative authoritarianism, and it is a unique contribution to the study of contemporary Russian politics in particular. --Kathryn Stoner, Political Science Quarterly """Western democracies often view the Russian political structure as something 'abnormal.' Zimmerman peels back this Western lens and looks systematically into Russian political history from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. He delves into how a consolidated political structure solidified with each passing generation of rulers.""--Library Journal ""William Zimmerman's new book is perfectly timed to furnish a backdrop to this discussion, providing the first major overview of Russian leadership politics from 1917 to the present... Ruling Russia is written in a lively style, with flashes of humour.""--Lara Cook, Times Higher Education ""William Zimmerman ... has written an important book rich in historical detail.""--Survival ""This is a book for those who know a little about Soviet and Russian politics but who wish to gain a balanced and intelligent deeper understanding of the process of change that may one day end up with Russia becoming a 'normal' system.""--Richard Sakwa, Russian Review ""Zimmerman's book is a major contribution, which speaks to comparativists, Russia scholars, and the broader public alike.""--Inga A.-L. Saikkonen, Democratization ""Zimmerman's book is a welcome addition to the literature on comparative authoritarianism, and it is a unique contribution to the study of contemporary Russian politics in particular.""--Kathryn Stoner, Political Science Quarterly ""This is an important and impressive scholarly work... One would be hard-pressed to find another work that covers as much in just over 300 pages.""--Paul Kubicek, Soviet and Post-Soviet Review" Western democracies often view the Russian political structure as something 'abnormal.' Zimmerman peels back this Western lens and looks systematically into Russian political history from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. He delves into how a consolidated political structure solidified with each passing generation of rulers. --Library Journal William Zimmerman's new book is perfectly timed to furnish a backdrop to this discussion, providing the first major overview of Russian leadership politics from 1917 to the present... Ruling Russia is written in a lively style, with flashes of humour. --Lara Cook, Times Higher Education William Zimmerman ... has written an important book rich in historical detail. --Survival This is a book for those who know a little about Soviet and Russian politics but who wish to gain a balanced and intelligent deeper understanding of the process of change that may one day end up with Russia becoming a 'normal' system. --Richard Sakwa, Russian Review Zimmerman's book is a major contribution, which speaks to comparativists, Russia scholars, and the broader public alike. --Inga A.-L. Saikkonen, Democratization Author InformationWilliam Zimmerman is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Michigan, where he is also research professor emeritus at the Institute for Social Research. This is his fourth book with Princeton University Press, his most recent being The Russian People and Foreign Policy: Russian Elite and Mass Perspectives, 1993-2000. 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