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Author Taylor, Brian D., 1964-

Title State building in Putin's Russia : policing and coercion after communism / Brian D. Taylor
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 373 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Maps; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Translation; Introduction; 1 Bringing the Gun Back In: Coercion and the State; 2 The Power Ministries and the Siloviki; 3 Coercion and Capacity: Political Order and the Central State; 4 Coercion and Capacity: Political Order and the Central State; 5 Coercion and Quality: Power Ministry Practices and Personnel; 6 Coercion and Quality: The State and Society; 7 Coercion in the North Caucasus; 8 State Capacity and Quality Reconsidered; Appendix A
Summary Showing that many of the weaknesses of the Russian state that existed under Boris Yeltsin persisted under Putin, this book argues that Vladimir Putin's strategy for rebuilding the Russian state was fundamentally flawed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-359) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- -- Political and social views
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, 1931-2007 -- Influence
SUBJECT Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- fast
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, 1931-2007 fast
Putin, Vladimir V. idszbz
Subject Post-communism -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Power (Social sciences) -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Federal government -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Police power -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Duress (Law) -- Russia (Federation) -- History
State, The -- History -- 20th century
State, The -- History -- 21st century
Duress (Law)
Federal government
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Police power
Political and social views
Politics and government
Post-communism
Power (Social sciences)
State, The
Postkommunismus
Macht
Staat
Postkommunismus.
Macht.
Staat.
Politik.
SUBJECT Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006576
Subject Russia (Federation)
Russland
Russland.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139009072
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9780511974144
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9781107618046
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