Ruling Russia: authoritarianism from the revolution to Putin

From democratic centralism to democratic centralism

Alternative mobilization strategies, 1917-1934

From narrow selectorate to autocracy

The Great Purge

From totalitarianism to welfare authoritarianism

Uncertainty and "Democratization" : The evolution of Post-Brezhnevian politics, 1982-1991

Democratizing Russia, 1991-1997

The demise of Schumpeterian democracy, the return to certainty, and normal ("Full") authoritarianism, 1998-2008

The return of uncertainty? The 2011-2012 Electoral cycle

The past and future of Russian authoritarianism.