ARCHIE BROWN Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford., UKSHEILA FITZPATRICK Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor in Modern Russian History at the University of Chicago, USASTEPHEN FORTESCUE Associate Professor in Politics at University of New South Wales, and a Principal Fellow of the Contemporary European Research Centre, University of Melbourne, AustraliaGRAEME GILL Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Professor of Government and Public Administration at the University of Sydney, and a Principal Fellow of the Contemporary European Research Centre, University of Melbourne, AustraliaLESLIE HOLMES Professor of Political Science and Deputy Director of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) at the University of Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.EUGENE HUSKEY is a professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of Russian Studies at Stetson University in Florida, USA.PETER REDDAWAY is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University, USA

• T.H. Rigby on Soviet and post-Soviet Russian Politics; S.Fortescue Institutionalization and Personalism in the Policy-making Process of the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia; S.Fortescue The Boss and his Team: Stalin and the Inner Circle, 1925-33; S.Fitzpatrick Building the Communist Future: Legitimation and the Soviet City; G.Gill Legitimation and Legitimacy in Russia Revisited; L.Holmes Perestroika as Revolution from Above; A.Brown How Much Did Popular Disaffection Contribute to the Collapse of the USSR? P.Reddaway Pantouflage a la russe. The Recruitment of Russian Political and Business Elites; E.Huskey Conclusion; S.Fortescue

ARCHIE BROWN Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford., UKSHEILA FITZPATRICK Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor in Modern Russian History at the University of Chicago, USASTEPHEN FORTESCUE Associate Professor in Politics at University of New South Wales, and a Principal Fellow of the Contemporary European Research Centre, University of Melbourne, AustraliaGRAEME GILL Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Professor of Government and Public Administration at the University of Sydney, and a Principal Fellow of the Contemporary European Research Centre, University of Melbourne, AustraliaLESLIE HOLMES Professor of Political Science and Deputy Director of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) at the University of Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.EUGENE HUSKEY is a professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of Russian Studies at Stetson University in Florida, USA.PETER REDDAWAY is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University, USA

• T.H. Rigby on Soviet and post-Soviet Russian Politics; S.Fortescue Institutionalization and Personalism in the Policy-making Process of the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia; S.Fortescue The Boss and his Team: Stalin and the Inner Circle, 1925-33; S.Fitzpatrick Building the Communist Future: Legitimation and the Soviet City; G.Gill Legitimation and Legitimacy in Russia Revisited; L.Holmes Perestroika as Revolution from Above; A.Brown How Much Did Popular Disaffection Contribute to the Collapse of the USSR? P.Reddaway Pantouflage a la russe. The Recruitment of Russian Political and Business Elites; E.Huskey Conclusion; S.Fortescue

ARCHIE BROWN Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University and Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford., UKSHEILA FITZPATRICK Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor in Modern Russian History at the University of Chicago, USASTEPHEN FORTESCUE Associate Professor in Politics at University of New South Wales, and a Principal Fellow of the Contemporary European Research Centre, University of Melbourne, AustraliaGRAEME GILL Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Professor of Government and Public Administration at the University of Sydney, and a Principal Fellow of the Contemporary European Research Centre, University of Melbourne, AustraliaLESLIE HOLMES Professor of Political Science and Deputy Director of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) at the University of Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.EUGENE HUSKEY is a professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of Russian Studies at Stetson University in Florida, USA.PETER REDDAWAY is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University, USA

• T.H. Rigby on Soviet and post-Soviet Russian Politics; S.Fortescue Institutionalization and Personalism in the Policy-making Process of the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia; S.Fortescue The Boss and his Team: Stalin and the Inner Circle, 1925-33; S.Fitzpatrick Building the Communist Future: Legitimation and the Soviet City; G.Gill Legitimation and Legitimacy in Russia Revisited; L.Holmes Perestroika as Revolution from Above; A.Brown How Much Did Popular Disaffection Contribute to the Collapse of the USSR? P.Reddaway Pantouflage a la russe. The Recruitment of Russian Political and Business Elites; E.Huskey Conclusion; S.Fortescue