Power and Legitimacy - Challenges from Russia

ISBN-13: 9780415677769 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 256 str.

Opis

This text sheds light on the continuing debate within political thought as to what constitutes power, and what distinguishes legitimate from illegitimate power.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Dimensions of Russia: Developments after the USSR Klaus von Beyme  2. Never Show Weakness: How Faking Autocracy Legitimates Putin’s Hold on Power Stephen Holmes  3. Legitimizing the Russian Executive: Identity, Technocracy, and Performance Eugene Huskey  4. Legitimacy of Power and Security of Property Stefan Hedlund  5. Capitalism and Russian Democracy Boris Kapustin  6. Democracy in Russia: Problems of Legitimacy Boris Mezhuev  7. Power and Society in Russia: A Value Approach to Legitimacy Ruben Apressyan  8. Powerful Rationality or Rationality of Power? Reflections on Russian Scepticism towards Human Rights Elena Namli  9. The ‘Cultural/Civilizational Turn’ in Post-Soviet Identity Building Jutta Scherrer  10. Conservative Political Romanticism in Post-Soviet Russia Andrey Medushevsky  11. Bez stali i leni: Aesopian Language and Legitimacy Irina Sandomirskaia  12. Medvedev’s New Media Gambit: The Language of Power in 140 Characters or Less Michael Gorham  13. Legitimacy and Symphony: On the Relation between State and Church in Post-Soviet Russia Per-Arne Bodin