Putin's Predicament - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Putin's Predicament write by Bo Petersson. This book was released on 2021-09-09. Putin's Predicament available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using the Russian president’s major public addresses as the main source, Bo Petersson analyzes the legitimization strategies employed during Vladimir Putin’s third and fourth terms in office. The argument is that these strategies have rested on Putin’s highly personalized blend of strongman-image projection and presentation as the embodiment of Russia’s great power myth. Putin appears as the only credible guarantor against renewed weakness, political chaos, and interference from abroad—in particular from the US. After a first deep crisis of legitimacy manifested itself by the massive protests in 2011–2012, the annexation of Crimea led to a lengthy boost in Putin’s popularity figures. The book discusses how the Crimea effect is, by 2021, trailing off and Putin’s charismatic authority is increasingly questioned by opposition from Alexei Navalny, the effects of unpopular reforms, and poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, Russia is bound to head for a succession crisis as the legitimacy of the political system continues to be built on Putin’s projected personal characteristics and—now apparently waning—charisma, and since no potential heir apparent has been allowed on center stage. The constitutional reform of summer 2020 made it possible in theory for Putin to continue as president until 2036. Yet, this change did not address the Russian political system’s fundamental future leadership dilemma.
The Putin Predicament
The Putin Predicament - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Putin Predicament write by Bo Petersson. This book was released on 2021. The Putin Predicament available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Exploring Russia’s Exceptionalism in International Politics
Exploring Russia’s Exceptionalism in International Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploring Russia’s Exceptionalism in International Politics write by Raymond Taras. This book was released on 2023-12-19. Exploring Russia’s Exceptionalism in International Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores Russia’s sense of its own uniqueness and the impact this has had on Russia’s conduct of international relations. Examining concepts such as Russia’s special civilising mission, its difference from the West, its proneness to conduct violent warfare, and more, and discussing these concepts in relation to Russia’s history and its present behaviour, and also in relation to other countries’ views of themselves as exceptional, the book highlights Russia’s sense of its own identity as a key factor shaping current international events.
Putin's Labor Dilemma
Putin's Labor Dilemma - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Putin's Labor Dilemma write by Stephen Crowley. This book was released on 2021-07-15. Putin's Labor Dilemma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Putin's Labor Dilemma, Stephen Crowley investigates how the fear of labor protest has inhibited substantial economic transformation in Russia. Putin boasts he has the backing of workers in the country's industrial heartland, but as economic growth slows in Russia, reviving the economy will require restructuring the country's industrial landscape. At the same time, doing so threatens to generate protest and instability from a key regime constituency. However, continuing to prop up Russia's Soviet-era workplaces, writes Crowley, could lead to declining wages and economic stagnation, threatening protest and instability. Crowley explores the dynamics of a Russian labor market that generally avoids mass unemployment, the potentially explosive role of Russia's monotowns, conflicts generated by massive downsizing in "Russia's Detroit" (Tol'yatti), and the rapid politicization of the truck drivers movement. Labor protests currently show little sign of threatening Putin's hold on power, but the manner in which they are being conducted point to substantial chronic problems that will be difficult to resolve. Putin's Labor Dilemma demonstrates that the Russian economy must either find new sources of economic growth or face stagnation. Either scenario—market reforms or economic stagnation—raises the possibility, even probability, of destabilizing social unrest.
Russia's Transition to Democracy and U.S.-Russia Relations
Russia's Transition to Democracy and U.S.-Russia Relations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Russia's Transition to Democracy and U.S.-Russia Relations write by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Europe. This book was released on 2003. Russia's Transition to Democracy and U.S.-Russia Relations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
