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Contemporary Russia as a feudal society : a new perspective on the post-Soviet era / Vladimir Shlapentokh ; in collaboration with Joshua Woods.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shlapentokh, Vladimir.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russia (Federation)--Social conditions--1991-.
- Russia (Federation).
- Social conditions.
- Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.
- Politics and government.
- Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions--1991-.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 268 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Contents:
- The failure of the integrative-system approach in post-Soviet Russian studies
- The segmented approach and feudal model for the study of post-Soviet Russia
- Weakness of the state
- Oligarchs and corrupt bureaucrats : the purchase of political power
- The oligarchic ideology and its opposition to the liberal and totalitarian ideologies
- The royal domain : the thin line between the nation's assets and the President's private wealth
- The local barons after the Soviet collapse : ideology and practice (1989-1996)
- The local barons under Putin's moderate feudalism (2000-2006)
- The precariousness of property in contemporary Russia and the Middle Ages
- Personal relations as a core feature of feudalism
- Private security : a typical feudal phenomenon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-253) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0230600964
- 9780230600966
- OCLC:
- 125402169
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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