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The new Kremlinology, understanding regime personalization in Russia, Alexander Baturo and Jos Elkink

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The new Kremlinology

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Alexander Baturo and Jos Elkink

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understanding regime personalization in Russia

An in-depth examination of the development of regime personalization in Russia. In the post-Cold War period, many previously democratizing countries experienced authoritarian reversals whereby incumbent leaders took over and gravitated towards personalist rule. Scholars have predominantly focused on the authoritarian turn, as opposed to the type of authoritarian rule emerging from it. In a departure from accounts centred on the failure of democratization in Russia, this book's argument begins from the assumption that the political regime of Vladimir Putin is a personalist regime in the making. Focusing on the politics within the Russian ruling coalition since 1999, 'The New Kremlinology' describes the process of regime personalization, that is, the acquisition of personal power by a leader.--, Provided by publisher

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