Power and legitimacy : challenges from Russia / edited by Per-Arne Bodin, Stefan Hedlund and Elena Namli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bodin, Per-Arne, 1949-

Hedlund, Stefan, 1953-

Namli, Elena.

Series:

Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences)--Russia (Federation).

Power (Social sciences).

Executive power--Russia (Federation).

Executive power.

Legitimacy of governments--Russia (Federation).

Legitimacy of governments.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book sheds new light on the continuing debate within political thought as to what constitutes power, and what distinguishes legitimate from illegitimate power. It does so by considering the experience of Russia, a polity where experiences of the legitimacy of power and the collapse of power offer a contrast to Western experiences on which most political theory, formulated in the West, is based. The book considers power in a range of contexts - philosophy and discourse; the rule of law and its importance for economic development; the use of culture and religion as means to legitimate po

Contents:

Dimensions of Russia: developments after the USSR / Klaus von Beyme

Never show weakness: how faking autocracy legitimates Putin's hold on power / Stephen Holmes

Legitimizing the Russian executive: identity, technocracy, and performance / Eugene Huskey

Legitimacy of power and security of property / Stefan Hedlund

Capitalism and Russian democracy / Boris Kapustin

Democracy in Russia: problems of legitimacy / Boris Mezhuev

Power and society in Russia: a value approach to legitimacy / Ruben Apressyan

Powerful rationality or rationality of power?: reflections on Russian scepticism towards human rights / Elena Namli

The "cultural/civilizational turn" in post-Soviet identity building / Jutta Scherrer

Conservative political romanticism in post-Soviet Russia / Andrey Medushevsky

Bez stali i leni: aesopian language and legitimacy / Irina Sandomirskaia

Medvedev's new media gambit: the language of power in 140 characters or less / Michael Gorham

Legitimacy and symphony: on the relation between state and church in post-Soviet Russia / Per-Arne Bodin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-26730-1

1-283-58712-2

9786613899576

0-203-10877-9

1-136-26731-X

9780203108772

OCLC:

809537722