TY - BOOK ID - 78142257 TI - Fragile empire PY - 2013 SN - 1299483445 0300185251 9780300185256 9781299483446 9780300181210 0300181213 9780300205220 0300205228 PB - New Haven Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Presidents KW - Presidency KW - Heads of state KW - Executive power KW - Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, KW - Putin, Wladimir Wladimirowitsch, KW - Putin, Volodymyr, KW - Pujing, KW - Poutine, Vladimir Vladimirovitch, KW - Путин, Владимир Владимирович, KW - Putinas, Vladimiras, KW - Putin, V. V. KW - Poetin, Vladimir Vladimirovitsj, KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Politics and government KW - E-books KW - Presidents - Russia (Federation) KW - Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, - 1952 KW - -Russia (Federation) - Politics and government - 1991 KW - -Presidents KW - -Russia (Federation) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78142257 AB - From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putin's friends, foes, and colleagues, government officials, business tycoons, mobsters, and ordinary Russian citizens. Fragile Empire is the fruit of Judah's thorough research: a probing assessment of Putin's rise to power and what it has meant for Russia and her people. Despite a propaganda program intent on maintaining the cliché of stability, Putin's regime was suddenly confronted in December 2011 by a highly public protest movement that told a different side of the story. Judah argues that Putinism has brought economic growth to Russia but also weaker institutions, and this contradiction leads to instability. The author explores both Putin's successes and his failed promises, taking into account the impact of a new middle class and a new generation, the Internet, social activism, and globalization on the president's impending leadership crisis. Can Russia avoid the crisis of Putinism? Judah offers original and up-to-the-minute answers. ER -