Russia today represents one of the major examples of the phenomenon
of "electoral authoritarianism" which is characterized by adopting
the trappings of democratic institutions (such as elections,
political parties, and a legislature) and enlisting the service of
the country's essentially authoritarian rulers. Why and how has the
electoral authoritarian regime been consolidated in Russia? What
are the mechanisms of its maintenance, and what is its likely
future course? This book attempts to answer these basic questions.
Vladimir Gel'man examines regime change in Russia from the collapse
of the Soviet Union in 1991 to the present day, systematically
presenting theoretical and comparative perspectives of the factors
that affected regime changes and the authoritarian drift of the
country. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia's national
political elites aimed to achieve their goals by creating and
enforcing of favorable "rules of the game" for themselves and
maintaining informal winning coalitions of cliques around
individual rulers. In the 1990s, these moves were only partially
successful given the weakness of the Russian state and troubled
post-socialist economy. In the 2000s, however, Vladimir Putin
rescued the system thanks to the combination of economic growth and
the revival of the state capacity he was able to implement by
imposing a series of non-democratic reforms. In the 2010s, changing
conditions in the country have presented new risks and challenges
for the Putin regime that will play themselves out in the years to
come.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Pittsburgh Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Russian and East European Studies |
| Release date: |
June 2015 |
| Authors: |
Vladimir Gel'Man
|
| Dimensions: |
230 x 150 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8229-6368-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8229-6368-X |
| Barcode: |
9780822963684 |
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