LEADER 03085nam 2200433 450 001 9910827077603321 005 20220806190508.0 010 $a3-8382-7050-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6803225 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6803225 035 $a(CKB)19410480100041 035 $a(OCoLC)1285784790 035 $a(EXLCZ)9919410480100041 100 $a20220806d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Putin predicament $eproblems of legitimacy and succession in Russia /$fBo Petersson ; with a foreword by J. Paul Goode 210 1$aStuttgart :$cIbidem Verlag,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (231 pages) 225 1 $aSoviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;$v237 311 08$aPrint version: Petersson, Bo The Putin Predicament Berlin : Ibidem Verlag,c2021 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I Introduction -- The ratings problem -- Main material -- Delimitations -- Transliteration of Russian words and names -- II Theoretical Points of Orientation -- Political succession -- Legitimacy -- Legitimacy in non-democratic states -- Charisma and routinization -- Legitimacy and political myth -- III Legitimizing Putin -- The 2011-2012 legitimation crisis -- Re-legitimization: Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea -- Strength and stability -- The great power myth -- Getting out of troubles: the smuta myth -- D ynamic interplay: the phoenix myth -- The bulwark and its champion -- The man of action -- Great communicator, benevolent ruler -- Putin the populist -- Putin the common Russian -- IV Legitimacy through Othering -- Othering and Russia -- Relations with the United States -- Dealing with Trump -- Enter Joe Biden -- No more the underdog -- Paradigm shift and saber-rattling -- V Challenges from Within -- Electoral authoritarianism in Russia -- The presidential elections of 2018 -- The Navalny challenge -- Medvedev's downfall -- Navalny vs. Putin -- The fall guy function -- Stability and order -- The good tsar -- VI Challenge from Without -- The corona crisis: devolving power -- Entering center stage-and exiting again -- The Sputnik V vaccine -- Faring better than the West? -- Skewing the statistics -- The pandemic and the image -- VII The Succession Issue -- Looking to the East? -- Guarantor of the constitution? -- Successions in the Russian post-Soviet past -- Post-Soviet precedents -- Postponing the succession: the constitutional reform -- VIII Conclusion -- References -- Index. 410 0$aSoviet and post-Soviet politics and society ;$v237. 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xPolitics and government$y1991- 676 $a947.086 700 $aPetersson$b Bo$01629067 702 $aGoode$b J. Paul 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827077603321 996 $aThe Putin predicament$93966567 997 $aUNINA