Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES ix
4. TABLES xiii
5. PREFACE xv
6. Introduction. Russia’s Great Transformation and the Development of Its Hybrid Political Economy 1
7. 1 Theorising Consolidation and Contestation in Russia’s Hybrid Political Economy 10
8. 2 Researching Public Opinion on Russia’s Triple Transformation 32
9. 3 Hybridity and Support for Democracy and the Market 42
10. 4 Explaining Policy Preferences: System-Level or ‘Normal’ Contestation? 58
11. 5 How Russians Vote: Electoral Contestation and Non-Contestation in the Hybrid Political Economy 85
12. 6 The Politics of Opting Out: Views of the System and Non-Voters 106
13. 7 When Systems Collide: Hybridity and the Politics of State Identity 121
14. Conclusion. The End of Hybridity. Forward to Democracy or Backwards to Authoritarianism? Russia in the Aftermath of the 2022 Ukraine Invasion 136
15. Appendix 145
16. Notes 157
17. References 169
18. Index 183