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Putin's Preventive Counter-Revolution Post-Soviet Authoritarianism and the Spectre of Velvet Revolution
By Robert Horvath
Copyright 2012
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the 'preventive counter-revolution,' a programme of reforms and repression that transformed the face of Russian politics during Vladimir Putin's second term as president. Kremlin propagandists hailed this programme as a defence of national sovereignty against Western attempts to foment a 'velvet revolution' in Russia. But this book shows that the Putin regime was reacting to a... Read more
Introduction 1. The Diplomacy of Counter-Revolution 2. The Shock of the Orange Revolution 3. The Spectre of a 'Moscow Maidan' 4. Nashi: The Mobilisation of Patriotism 5. The Taming of Civil Society 6. The Death of Politics 7. The 'Extremists': The Other Russian and the Struggle for the Streets 8. Conclusion
Biography
Robert Horvath is a research fellow at La Trobe University, Australia.
