Ruling Russia : authoritarianism from the Revolution to Putin
Book |
First paperback printing. |
Princeton University Press,
Princeton :
2016.
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"When the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. Yet today's Russia appears to be retreating from democracy, not progressing toward it. Ruling Russia is the only book of its kind to trace the history of modern Russian politics from the Bolshevik Revolution to the presidency of Vladimir Putin. It examines the complex evolution of communist and post-Soviet leadership in light of the latest research in political science, explaining why the democratization of Russia has all but failed. William Zimmerman argues that in the 1930s the USSR was totalitarian but gradually evolved into a normal authoritarian system, while the post-Soviet Russian Federation evolved from a competitive authoritarian to a normal authoritarian system in the first decade of the twenty-first century. He traces how the selectorate--those empowered to choose the decision makers--has changed across different regimes since the end of tsarist rule."--
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- ISBN: 9780691169323 (paperback)
- Physical Description: viii, 345 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmprint
- Edition: First paperback printing.
- Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2016.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: From Democratic Centralism to Democratic Centralism -- Alternative mobilization strategies, 1917-1934 -- From narrow selectorate to autocracy -- The Great Purge -- From totalitarianism to welfare authoritarianism -- Uncertainty and "Democratization" : The Evolution of post-Brezhnevian politics, 1982-1991 -- Democratizing Russia, 1991-1997 -- The Demise of Schumpeterian democracy, the Return to certainty, and normal ("full") Authoritarianism, 1998-2008 -- The Return of uncertainty? The 2011-2012 electoral cycle -- The past and future of Russian authoritarianism. -- Afterword to the paperback edition.