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How do countries democratize? What route does the way out of
totalitarianism take? Students of Russian politics have pursued
answers to these questions by surveying Russians on a variety of
attitudes, beliefs, norms, and practices. This book attends to
political discourse to demonstrate how it creates and constraints
political opportunities. It examines an important period of Russian
political history: from Boris Yeltsin's second presidential
election in 1996, when democracy was pronounced victorious, through
its gradual slide toward authoritarian practices during Vladimir
Putin's initial two terms in office, and to the election of his
protege Dmitry Medvedev in 2008. This analysis challenges the
assertions of Russian democracy as doomed by the governing
rationalities of the elites. Likewise, it refutes the notion of
Russians as an apathetic nation in chronic need of a "strong hand."
It argues that if we are to understand how Russia lives, how it
endures, and how it can change, we need to pay attention to the
discourses that shape Russian political identities and the nation's
political future.
How do countries democratize? What route does the way out of
totalitarianism take? Students of Russian politics have pursued
answers to these questions by surveying Russians on a variety of
attitudes, beliefs, norms, and practices. This book attends to
political discourse to demonstrate how it creates and constraints
political opportunities. It examines an important period of Russian
political history: from Boris Yeltsin's second presidential
election in 1996, when democracy was pronounced victorious, through
its gradual slide toward authoritarian practices during Vladimir
Putin's initial two terms in office, and to the election of his
protege Dmitry Medvedev in 2008. This analysis challenges the
assertions of Russian democracy as doomed by the governing
rationalities of the elites. Likewise, it refutes the notion of
Russians as an apathetic nation in chronic need of a "strong hand."
It argues that if we are to understand how Russia lives, how it
endures, and how it can change, we need to pay attention to the
discourses that shape Russian political identities and the nation's
political future.
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