State building in Putin's Russia policing and coercion after communism /

"Building a strong Russian state was the central goal of Vladimir Putin's presidency. This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates that a disregard for the way state officials behave toward citizens--state quality--had a...

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1. Verfasser: Taylor, Brian D., 1964-
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Bringing the gun back in : coercion and the state
  • The power ministries and the siloviki
  • Coercion and capacity : political order and the central state
  • Coercion and capacity : centralization and federalism
  • Coercion and quality : power ministry practices and personnel
  • Coercion and quality : the state and society
  • Coercion in the North Caucasus
  • State capacity and quality reconsidered
  • Appendix A: Publication abbreviations
  • Appendix B: Interview index.