03085nam 2200433 450 991082707760332120220806190508.03-8382-7050-9(MiAaPQ)EBC6803225(Au-PeEL)EBL6803225(CKB)19410480100041(OCoLC)1285784790(EXLCZ)991941048010004120220806d2021 uy 0engurcz#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Putin predicament problems of legitimacy and succession in Russia /Bo Petersson ; with a foreword by J. Paul GoodeStuttgart :Ibidem Verlag,[2021]©20211 online resource (231 pages)Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;237Print version: Petersson, Bo The Putin Predicament Berlin : Ibidem Verlag,c2021 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I Introduction -- The ratings problem -- Main material -- Delimitations -- Transliteration of Russian words and names -- II Theoretical Points of Orientation -- Political succession -- Legitimacy -- Legitimacy in non-democratic states -- Charisma and routinization -- Legitimacy and political myth -- III Legitimizing Putin -- The 2011-2012 legitimation crisis -- Re-legitimization: Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea -- Strength and stability -- The great power myth -- Getting out of troubles: the smuta myth -- D ynamic interplay: the phoenix myth -- The bulwark and its champion -- The man of action -- Great communicator, benevolent ruler -- Putin the populist -- Putin the common Russian -- IV Legitimacy through Othering -- Othering and Russia -- Relations with the United States -- Dealing with Trump -- Enter Joe Biden -- No more the underdog -- Paradigm shift and saber-rattling -- V Challenges from Within -- Electoral authoritarianism in Russia -- The presidential elections of 2018 -- The Navalny challenge -- Medvedev's downfall -- Navalny vs. Putin -- The fall guy function -- Stability and order -- The good tsar -- VI Challenge from Without -- The corona crisis: devolving power -- Entering center stage-and exiting again -- The Sputnik V vaccine -- Faring better than the West? -- Skewing the statistics -- The pandemic and the image -- VII The Succession Issue -- Looking to the East? -- Guarantor of the constitution? -- Successions in the Russian post-Soviet past -- Post-Soviet precedents -- Postponing the succession: the constitutional reform -- VIII Conclusion -- References -- Index.Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;237.Russia (Federation)Politics and government1991-947.086Petersson Bo1629067Goode J. PaulMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827077603321The Putin predicament3966567UNINA