A comprehensive 1999 textbook on the politics in postcommunist Russia, by the best-selling author of After Gorbachev.

1. From Brezhnev to Yeltsin; 2. Parties, voters and government; 3. Presidential government; 4. Reforming the economy; 5. A divided society; 6. Changing times, changing values; 7. Russia and the wider world; 8. Russia, transition, democracy.