Fragile Empire
- Synopsis
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From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putinâ TMs friends, foes, and colleagues, government officials, business tycoons, mobsters, and ordinary Russian citizens. Fragile Empire is the fruit of Judahâ TMs thorough research: a probing assessment of Putinâ TMs rise to power and what it has meant for Russia and her people. Despite a propaganda program intent on maintaining the cliché of stability, Putinâ TMs regime was suddenly confronted in December 2011 by a highly public protest movement that told a different side of the story. Judah argues that Putinism has brought economic growth to Russia but also weaker institutions, and this contradiction leads to instability. The author explores both Putinâ TMs successes and his failed promises, taking into account the impact of a new middle class and a new generation, the Internet, social activism, and globalization on the presidentâ TMs impending leadership crisis. Can Russia avoid the crisis of Putinism? Judah offers original and up-to-the-minute answers.
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780300185256
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 04/19/13
- Copyrighted By:
- Ben Judah
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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History,
Nonfiction,
Business and Finance
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- Bookshare Staff
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