Piotr Dutkiewicz is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, UK.Vladimir Kulikov is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of State Politics, Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

• 1.Introduction: actors, attitudes and practices in the evolution of Russian society since 1991 2. A people in the absence of the people, or a view of postcommunism from below 3. Economic and social development of post-communist Russia, 1991-2014 4. Transformation for the people or for the elite? 5. The puzzle of public opinion: popular support for the transition to capitalism 6. The reforms of the 1990s in the eyes of Russian society 7. Changes in Russian social structure in the postcommunist period 8. New Russia: the evolution of Russian public opinion in 1989-2014 9. The psychological transformation of society in post-Soviet Russia 10. The evolution of ethnic and religious relations in Russia since the 1980s 11. Society and elites in Russian regions: post-Soviet changesNatalia Zubarevich 12. Social investment: experience and lessons of the last twenty years 13. Russian elites: a strategy of ‘self –isolation’ 14. Conclusion: bringing the people back in 15. Afterword to the Russian edition

Piotr Dutkiewicz is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, UK.Vladimir Kulikov is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of State Politics, Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

• 1.Introduction: actors, attitudes and practices in the evolution of Russian society since 1991 2. A people in the absence of the people, or a view of postcommunism from below 3. Economic and social development of post-communist Russia, 1991-2014 4. Transformation for the people or for the elite? 5. The puzzle of public opinion: popular support for the transition to capitalism 6. The reforms of the 1990s in the eyes of Russian society 7. Changes in Russian social structure in the postcommunist period 8. New Russia: the evolution of Russian public opinion in 1989-2014 9. The psychological transformation of society in post-Soviet Russia 10. The evolution of ethnic and religious relations in Russia since the 1980s 11. Society and elites in Russian regions: post-Soviet changesNatalia Zubarevich 12. Social investment: experience and lessons of the last twenty years 13. Russian elites: a strategy of ‘self –isolation’ 14. Conclusion: bringing the people back in 15. Afterword to the Russian edition

Piotr Dutkiewicz is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent, UK.Vladimir Kulikov is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of State Politics, Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

• 1.Introduction: actors, attitudes and practices in the evolution of Russian society since 1991 2. A people in the absence of the people, or a view of postcommunism from below 3. Economic and social development of post-communist Russia, 1991-2014 4. Transformation for the people or for the elite? 5. The puzzle of public opinion: popular support for the transition to capitalism 6. The reforms of the 1990s in the eyes of Russian society 7. Changes in Russian social structure in the postcommunist period 8. New Russia: the evolution of Russian public opinion in 1989-2014 9. The psychological transformation of society in post-Soviet Russia 10. The evolution of ethnic and religious relations in Russia since the 1980s 11. Society and elites in Russian regions: post-Soviet changesNatalia Zubarevich 12. Social investment: experience and lessons of the last twenty years 13. Russian elites: a strategy of ‘self –isolation’ 14. Conclusion: bringing the people back in 15. Afterword to the Russian edition