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When the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russias centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. Yet todays Russia appears to be retreating from democracy, not progressing toward it. Ruling Russia is the only book of its kind to trace the history of modern Russian politics from the Bolshevik Revolution to the presidency of Vladimir Putin. It examines the complex evolution of communist and post-Soviet leadership in light of the latest research in political science, explaining why the democratization of Russia has all but failed. William Zimmerman argues that in the 1930s the USSR was totalitarian but gradually evolved into a normal authoritarian system, while the post-Soviet Russian Federation evolved from a competitive authoritarian to a normal authoritarian system in the first decade of the twenty-first century.

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• Full title: Ruling Russia
• Author: William Zimmerman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344
• EAN: 9780691169323
• ISBN: 9780691169323
• ID: 02794357
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 508 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 242 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. March 2016

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