Thomas F. Remington.

The Politics of Inequality in Russia.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

xiv+220 p. ISBN 978-1-1074-2224-7

Thomas Remington examines the empirical evidence on how political regimes in different Russian regions influence such major economic factors as wages, incomes, social spending, poverty, and social dependency. The author offers a general review of major trends in employment, earnings, and social welfare in Russia over the last quarter century. He then proceeds with a set of case studies of Russian regions and their adaptation to market transition and democratic changes. Remington seeks explanations for discovered differences in regime characteristics across regions, showing that income inequality is higher in regions with more pluralistic regimes.