06468oam 22012614a 450 991096788020332120251009142640.00-8157-5345-40-8157-3277-510.5040/9780815753452(CKB)4100000007002628(MiAaPQ)EBC5180001(OCoLC)1057232324(MdBmJHUP)muse61382(Perlego)742330(OCoLC)1182867268(OCoLC)1057232324(OCoLC)1078886470(OCoLC)1080948772(OCoLC)1090365541(OCoLC)1099701889(OCoLC)1100440592(OCoLC)1107710044(OCoLC)1110318470(OCoLC)1125221485(OCoLC)1150099111(OCoLC)1258905522(OCoLC)1260321939(OCoLC)1262682056(OCoLC)1289520626(OCoLC)1290101567(UkLoBP)BP9780815753452BC(EXLCZ)99410000000700262820181102d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPutin's counterrevolution /Sergey Aleksashenko1st ed.Washington, D.C. :Brookings Institution Press,[2018]New York :Bloomsbury Publishing(US),2018.©20181 online resource (xxii, 325 pages) illustrations0-8157-3276-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chronology of Putin's Russia -- Economic Roller Coaster: 2000-17 -- Transformation Derailed: The Decline of Democratic Reforms and the Ascent of Putin -- The Key Element of Control: Freedom of Speech -- A Unifying System of Power -- Just a Dream: Obedient Court -- Preventing Competition -- Risky Business -- Nothing Personal, Just Your Business -- Looking Forward -- Index -- Back Cover.During his nearly twenty years at the center of Russian political power, Vladimir Putin has transformed the vast country in many ways, not all of them for the better. The near-chaos of the early post-Soviet years has been replaced by an increasingly rigid authoritarianism, resembling a hard-fisted monarchy more than the previous communist dictatorship. Putin's early years in power saw rapid economic growth, averaging nearly 7 percent annually, and the rise of Moscow as a vibrant European-style city. But a slowdown during the second half of Putin's administration, since 2009, has resulted in the stagnation of the economy, especially in the hinterlands, with few signs of a possible turnaround. What accounted for these changes in Russia? Sergey Aleksashenko, a former top Russian finance official and then private businessman, lays the blame squarely on Putin himself, even more than external factors such as the sharp fall in oil prices or Western sanctions after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. In his relentless drive to consolidate power in his own hands, Aleksashenko writes, Putin has destroyed the very idea of competition for political power. He has done so by systematically undercutting basic political institutions of the post-Soviet Russian state, including independent power centers such as the parliament, the judiciary, and a free media. In the economic realm, Putin effectively undermined Russia's still-emerging and very fragile system for protecting property rights--the basis of all economic activity. This in turn caused a sharp decline in private investment and thus contributed to the long-term economic slowdown. One result of Putin's rule was the destruction of the emerging checks and balances system in Russia, and that would be a major problem for Russia if and when it decides to become a "normal" democratic country based on Western values. In describing how all this happened, Aleksashenko's book offers universal lessons in the necessity of checks and balances in any political system--as well as in the importance of vibrant political institutions for economic growth.Putin's counter-revolutionRight of propertyfast(OCoLC)fst01097863Politics and governmentfast(OCoLC)fst01919741Economic policyfast(OCoLC)fst00902025Economic historyfast(OCoLC)fst00901974Competitionfast(OCoLC)fst00871464POLITICAL SCIENCEPolitical IdeologiesCommunism, Post-Communism & SocialismbisacshCompetitionRussia (Federation)Right of propertyRussia (Federation)Commercial lawRussia (Federation)Commercial lawfast(OCoLC)fst00869502Russia (Federation)Economic policyRussia (Federation)Politics and governmentRussia (Federation)Economic conditionsRussia (Federation)fasthttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhhmCp3jtcMQbx3WgpXVCRight of property.Politics and government.Economic policy.Economic history.Competition.POLITICAL SCIENCEPolitical IdeologiesCommunism, Post-Communism & Socialism.CompetitionRight of propertyCommercial lawCommercial law.330.947005940.5Aleksashenko Sergeĭ1855349Brookings Institution,Bloomsbury (Firm),SOISOIYDXJSTOREBLCPP@UOCLCFOTZMERUCN$TUEJINTAU@UKAHLBWNSFBK6UOCLCOGZMREDDCUX1OCLCOVT2S2HOCLCOLUUOCLCQYWSOCLCQOCLCOOCLCLTMAOCLCOOCLCQSXBOCLCQOCLCLOCLCAUtOrBLWBOOK9910967880203321Putin's counterrevolution4453466UNINAEBook