Politics and the Ruling Group in Putin's Russia

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S. White
Springer, 11 de juny 2008 - 173 pàgines
There is little consensus about the nature of the political system that has emerged during the Putin presidency. This collection considers the issues arising in this connection, focusing more closely on institutions such as the presidency and the security police, and on the socioeconomic dimensions of political power.
 

Continguts

1 What Kind of Political Regime Does Russia Have?
1
the Case of Russia
27
3 The Russian Federal Security Service under President Putin
42
4 The Inherent Instability of the Ruling Elite
63
Before and After Yukos
87
6 The Oligarchs in Russian Mass Consciousness
120
7 Are Russias Oligarchs Scapegoats? Some Empirical Evidence from the Russian Press
138
8 Unintentional Humour in Oligarkh and Antikiller or How New Are the New Russians?
157
Index
172
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STEPHEN WHITE is Professor of International Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK, and a Senior Research Associate in the School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He is the chief editor of the Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics and author or co-author of more than thirty books including Developments in Central and East European Politics 4, Developments in Russian Politics 6, Putin's Russia and the Enlarged Europe, and Party Politics in New Democracies.

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