Weak Strongman

The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia

Weak Strongman
Timothy Frye
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Paperback
h235 x 156mm - 304pg
27 Sep 2022 US
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9780691216997
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Looking beyond Putin to understand how today' s Russia actually worksMedia and public discussion tends to understand Russian politics as a direct reflection of Vladimir Putin' s seeming omnipotence or Russia' s unique history and culture. Yet Russia is remarkably similar to other autocracies-and recognizing this illuminates the inherent limits to
"[Frye' s] research is impressive. This timely, evidence-based account persuades. " * Publishers Weekly *
Timothy Frye is the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy at Columbia University and a research director at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. His books include Property Rights and Property Wrongs: How Power, Institutions, and Norms Shape Economic Conflict in Russia and Building States and Markets after Communism: The Perils of Polarized Democracy. He lives in New York City. Twitter @timothymfrye

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