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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463017403321

Autore

Horvath Robert <1966->

Titolo

Putin's "preventive counter-revolution" [[electronic resource] ] : post-Soviet authoritarianism and the spectre of Velvet Revolution / / Robert Horvath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2013

ISBN

0-203-10139-1

1-299-14862-X

1-136-23491-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; ; 82

Disciplina

947.086/2

Soggetti

Government, Resistance to - Russia (Federation) - Prevention

Counterinsurgency - Russia (Federation)

Opposition (Political science) - Russia (Federation)

Insurgency - Former Soviet republics

Electronic books.

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The diplomacy of counter-revolution -- The shock of the Orange Revolution -- The spectre of a "Moscow Maidan" -- Nashi: the mobilisation of patriotism -- The taming of civil society -- The death of politics -- The "extremists": The Other Russia and the struggle for the streets.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the 'preventive counter-revolution,' a programme of reforms and repression that transformed the face of Russian politics during Vladimir Putin's second term as president. Kremlin propagandists hailed this programme as a defence of national sovereignty against Western attempts to foment a 'velvet revolution' in Russia. But this book shows that the Putin regime was reacting to a real domestic threat: opposition leaders and youth activists who had begun to employ 'velvet' revolutionary methods in a campaign to harness popular grievances and to challenge Putin in the streets