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The Putin predicament : problems of legitimacy and succession in Russia / Bo Petersson ; with a foreword by J. Paul Goode.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petersson, Bo, author.
- Series:
- Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; 237.
- Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; vol. 237
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-.
- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich.
- Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.
- Russia (Federation).
- Politics and government.
- Legitimacy of governments--Russia (Federation).
- Legitimacy of governments.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stuttgart : ibidem Verlag, [2021]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The ratings problem p. 19
- Main material p. 23
- Delimitations p. 25
- Transliteration of Russian words and names p. 26
- II Theoretical Points of Orientation p. 27
- Political succession p. 27
- Legitimacy p. 30
- Legitimacy in non-democratic states p. 34
- Charisma and routinization p. 36
- Legitimacy and political myth p. 38
- III Legitimizing Putin p. 43
- The 2011-2012 legitimation crisis p. 43
- Re-legitimization: Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea p. 48
- Strength and stability p. 51
- The great power myth p. 55
- Getting out of troubles: the smuta myth p. 56
- Dynamic interplay: the phoenix myth p. 58
- The bulwark and its champion p. 61
- The man of action p. 62
- Great communicator, benevolent ruler p. 64
- Putin the populist p. 65
- Putin the common Russian p. 69
- IV Legitimacy through Othering p. 71
- Othering and Russia p. 71
- Relations with the United States p. 72
- Dealing with Trump p. 79
- Enter Joe Biden p. 83
- No more the underdog p. 87
- Paradigm shift and saber-rattling p. 90
- V Challenges from Within p. 99
- Electoral authoritarianism in Russia p. 99
- The presidential elections of 2018 p. 103
- The Navalny challenge p. 106
- Medvedev's downfall p. 112
- Navalny vs. Putin p. 115
- The fall guy function p. 120
- Stability and order p. 123
- The good tsar p. 127
- VI Challenge from Without p. 137
- The corona crisis: devolving power p. 137
- Entering center stage- and exiting again p. 138
- The Sputnik V vaccine p. 142
- Faring better than the West? p. 149
- Skewing the statistics p. 151
- The pandemic and the image p. 152
- VII The Succession Issue p. 153
- Looking to the East? p. 153
- Guarantor of the constitution? p. 154
- Successions in the Russian post-Soviet past p. 159
- Post-Soviet precedents p. 161
- Postponing the succession: the constitutional reform p. 167.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-211) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783838270500
- 3838270509
- Publisher Number:
- 99989504933
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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