Feeding the state : vodka from tsarism to communism -- Soviet policy doublethink -- The parasites feed : state capture under Yeltsin -- Regaining state control under Putin -- The judo gang : informal networks and perceptions of power -- An all-powerful regulator -- Beer : the new pretender on the Russian alcohol market -- The brewers' nemesis in the Duma -- Vodka is our enemy, but who said we're afraid of enemies -- From illegality to demography : alcohol policy paradigms -- The new anti-alcohol network -- Medvedev and the anti-alcohol initiative -- Alcohol policy as battleground : the 2011 alcohol law -- The campaign is over, but the battle continues
Summary
"The first English-language book on Russian alcohol policy in the post-Soviet period; a study of the realities of contemporary Russian policymaking, governance, and cronyism"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 28, 2018)
