Russia's New Authoritarianism: Putin and the Politics of Order

David G. Lewis

Open Access Published by Edinburgh University Press 2020

Russia's New Authoritarianism

Putin and the Politics of Order

David G. Lewis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474454780

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Studies the transformation of Russian domestic politics and foreign policy under Vladimir Putin

Asks what kind of political system ‘Putinism’ denotes
Engages with the scholarly and policy debate on the growth of illiberal politics and authoritarianism globally in the post-Soviet space and in countries as diverse as Hungary, Egypt, Turkey and the Philippines
Uses contemporary case studies – including Russia’s legal system, the annexation of Crimea and Russian policy in Syria – to critically examine Russia’s political ideology

Why did Russia’s post-Soviet political system developed into a new form of authoritarianism? And how did its foreign policy came to pose such a profound challenge to the West? David G. Lewis goes beyond current polemical debates to address these questions.

Lewis investigates the Russian understanding of key concepts such as sovereignty, democracy and political community. He analyses the Russian political system as a novel form of authoritarian political order, unpacking the ideological paradigm that underpins it. He reveals that Russia's new order is characterised by the consolidation of political and economic power around a sovereign leader, together with a willingness to take political decisions outside the law both at home and in international affairs.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
NOTE ON TR ANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
ONE Authoritarianism, Ideology and Order Open Access Download PDF	1
TWO Carl Schmitt and Russian Conservatism Open Access Download PDF	24
THREE Sovereignty and the Exception Open Access Download PDF	49
FOUR Democracy and the People Open Access Download PDF	81
FIVE Defining the Enemy Open Access Download PDF	100
SIX Dualism, Exceptionality and the Rule of Law Open Access Download PDF	117
SEVEN The Crimean Exception Open Access Download PDF	139
EIGHT Großraum Thinking in Russian Foreign Policy Open Access Download PDF	161
NINE Apocalypse Delayed: Katechontic Thinking in Late Putinist Russia Open Access Download PDF	193
CONCLUSION Open Access Download PDF	215
BIBLIOGRAPHY Open Access Download PDF	223
INDEX Open Access Download PDF	268

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 334
Keywords: Politics

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Published: March 14, 2022
ISBN: 9781474454780