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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787830703321

Titolo

Identities and politics during the Putin presidency : the discursive foundations of Russia's stability / / Philipp Casula and Jeronim Perovic, (editors) ; in collaboration with Ivo Mijnssen ; with a foreword by Heiko Haumann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2012

ISBN

3-8382-6015-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Collana

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society

Disciplina

947.086092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

How could an undemocratic regime manage to stabilise Russia? What is Putin's success formula? What are the symbolic and discursive underpinnings of Russia's new stability? Many outside observers of Russia regarded the authoritarian tendencies during the Putin presidency as a retreat from, or even the end of, democratization. Rather than attempting to explain why Russia did not follow the trajectory of democratic transformation, this book aims to attain an understanding of the stabilization process during Putin's tenure as president. Proceeding from the assumption that the stability created und