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UNINA9910153198203321 |
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Autore |
Skillen Daphne |
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Titolo |
Freedom of speech in Russia : politics and media from Gorbachev to Putin / / Daphne Skillen |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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9781138787667 |
1-315-76625-6 |
1-317-65988-0 |
1-317-65989-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (373 pages) |
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Collana |
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BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mass media - Political aspects - Soviet Union |
Mass media - Political aspects - Russia (Federation) |
Freedom of speech - Soviet Union |
Freedom of speech - Russia (Federation) |
Mass media policy - Soviet Union |
Mass media policy - Russia (Federation) |
Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991- |
Soviet Union Politics and government 1945-1991 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Liberties and Rights. Dimensions of Free Speech -- What Price Free Speech? -- The Normalisation of Lying. The Gorbachev Era: Glasnost -- The Coup: Give Freedom a Chance -- The Yeltsin Era: Free Speech -- The Putin Regime: Patrimonial Media -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book traces the life of free speech in Russia from the final years of the Soviet Union to the present. It shows how long-cherished hopes for an open society in which people would speak freely and tell truth to power fared under Gorbachev’s glasnost; how free speech was a real, if fractured, achievement of Yeltsin’s years in power; and how easy it was for Putin to reverse these newly won freedoms, imposing a ‘patrimonial’ media that sits comfortably with old autocratic and feudal traditions. The book explores why this turn seemed so inexorable and |
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