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Putin and Putinism/ edited by Ronald J Hill, Ottorino Cappelli

Contributor(s): Hill, Ronald J | Cappelli, OttorinoMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Routledge, 2010Description: xii, 201 p. ill. 24 cmISBN: 9780415499866Subject(s): Russia (Federation) | Politics and governmentDDC classification: 320.947

Contents:

1. Rus United; Castles; Leadership versus Ideology; State Mercantilism and the State-nation; Notes; 2. Big Money as an Obstacle to Democracy in Russia; Introduction; The Standard of Living and Political Behaviour in Russia; Oil Prices and Changes in the Well-being of the Masses; The Official Policy of Encouraging an Easy and Merry Life; The De-democratization of Russian Society; The Friendly Passivity of the Masses. The Middle Class Does Not Support DemocracyBig Wealth and Democracy in Post-Soviet Russia; Reliance on the State Apparatus; Benefits and Perks; Private Business; The Permission of Corruption; 'Legal Nepotism'; Immunity Against Prosecution; The Apparatchiks' Style of Life; The State Apparatus: The Loyal Actor; The Yearning to Become a Bureaucrat; The Direct Effect of Money on Political Life; The Suborning of Intellectuals; Acknowledgment; Notes; 3. Pre-Modern State-Building in Post-Soviet Russia; The State, History and Transitology; Bringing the State Back In -- Once Again. False Assumptions: Liberty versus the StateStateness: Definitions; Liberty and Stateness: A Matrix of the Political Space; Bringing History Back In -- How Far Back?; Historical Mapping; The Feudal Analogy; Yeltsin's Feudal Russia: Antecedents and Consequences; The oligarchs and the economy-politics nexus; The barons and centre-periphery relations; Putin: From Feudalism to Absolutism; An Authoritarian Ruler?; Putin as a Pre-Modern State Maker; The Absolutist Analogy; The Public-Private Nexus; Centre-Periphery Relations; Clientelism and Personal Power; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes. 4. Putin, Professional PoliticianPutin in Context; Putin's Political Choices; Facing the Business Challenge; Departure from the Soviet Social Contract; Building Russia as a Nation-State; An Assessment; Notes; 5. The Russian Elite in Transition; Question: Could you say who were the people who created this power centre?; Question: Who was the ideologist, because none of them, so far as we can see, was a theorist or ideologist?; Notes; 6. The Putin Phenomenon; Towards a Leadership Cult; Dimensions of a Leadership Cult; Explaining a Leadership Cult; Notes; 7. Putin in Russian Fiction. Depictions of PutinFiction and Reality

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	320.947 HIL/P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P19195

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1. Rus United; Castles; Leadership versus Ideology; State Mercantilism and the State-nation; Notes;

2. Big Money as an Obstacle to Democracy in Russia; Introduction; The Standard of Living and Political Behaviour in Russia; Oil Prices and Changes in the Well-being of the Masses; The Official Policy of Encouraging an Easy and Merry Life; The De-democratization of Russian Society; The Friendly Passivity of the Masses. The Middle Class Does Not Support DemocracyBig Wealth and Democracy in Post-Soviet Russia; Reliance on the State Apparatus; Benefits and Perks; Private Business; The Permission of Corruption; 'Legal Nepotism'; Immunity Against Prosecution; The Apparatchiks' Style of Life; The State Apparatus: The Loyal Actor; The Yearning to Become a Bureaucrat; The Direct Effect of Money on Political Life; The Suborning of Intellectuals; Acknowledgment; Notes;

3. Pre-Modern State-Building in Post-Soviet Russia; The State, History and Transitology; Bringing the State Back In --
Once Again. False Assumptions: Liberty versus the StateStateness: Definitions; Liberty and Stateness: A Matrix of the Political Space; Bringing History Back In --
How Far Back?; Historical Mapping; The Feudal Analogy; Yeltsin's Feudal Russia: Antecedents and Consequences; The oligarchs and the economy-politics nexus; The barons and centre-periphery relations; Putin: From Feudalism to Absolutism; An Authoritarian Ruler?; Putin as a Pre-Modern State Maker; The Absolutist Analogy; The Public-Private Nexus; Centre-Periphery Relations; Clientelism and Personal Power; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes.

4. Putin, Professional PoliticianPutin in Context; Putin's Political Choices; Facing the Business Challenge; Departure from the Soviet Social Contract; Building Russia as a Nation-State; An Assessment; Notes;

5. The Russian Elite in Transition; Question: Could you say who were the people who created this power centre?; Question: Who was the ideologist, because none of them, so far as we can see, was a theorist or ideologist?; Notes;

6. The Putin Phenomenon; Towards a Leadership Cult; Dimensions of a Leadership Cult; Explaining a Leadership Cult; Notes;

7. Putin in Russian Fiction. Depictions of PutinFiction and Reality

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