Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Introduction: The need for popular support; 1 Democratic and undemocratic models of support; 2 Changing the supply of regimes; 3 Putin consolidates a new regime; 4 Increasing support for an undemocratic regime; 5 Individual influences on regime support; 6 Time tells: there is no alternative; 7 Finessing the challenge of succession; 8 The challenge of economic reversal; 9 Maintaining a regime -- democratic or otherwise; Appendix A: New Russia Barometer samples; Appendix B: Coding of variables; References; Index
Summary
A unique study of how popular support can grow when governors reject democracy and create an undemocratic regime
