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Le fonctionnement de la Fédération de Russie intrigue encore les Occidentaux : il ne s'apparente ni à celui d'un Etat centralisé, ni à celui d'une véritable fédération. Née en 1991 après l'effondrement de l'URSS, elle est composée de 89 entités qui disposent de prérogatives et de statuts très différents dans leur relation avec le Kremlin. Si plus de 80 % de sa population est russe, environ 100 peuples cohabitent sur ce territoire où christianisme, islamisme et bouddhisme sont représentés. Quels éléments assurent la cohésion de ce pays ? Comment peut-on gouverner un espace étendu sur onze fuseaux horaires ? Quelles sont les frontières de la Russie ? Telles sont les questions qu'aborde Michael Thumann tout au long de cet essai. Après avoir retracé les grandes lignes historiques, l'auteur présente quatre républiques qui lui permettent d'étudier en profondeur les différents rapports de force : le Tatarstan, la Iakoutie, la Bouriatie et la Tchéchénie.

National characteristics, Russian --- Social sciences --- Russia (Federation) --- Politics and government --- Russie --- History --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- Social sciences - Russia (Federation) --- Russia (Federation) - Politics and government

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In Russian politics reliable information is scarce, formal relations are of relatively little significance, and things are seldom what they seem. Applying an original theory of political language to narratives taken from interviews with 34 of Russia's leading political figures, Michael Urban explores the ways in which political actors construct themselves with words. By tracing individual narratives back to the discourses available to speakers, he identifies what can and cannot be intelligibly said within the bounds of the country's political culture, and then documents how elites rely on the personal elements of political discourse at the expense of those addressed to the political community. Urban shows that this discursive orientation is congruent with social relations prevailing in Russia and helps to account for the fact that, despite two revolutions proclaiming democracy in the last century, Russia remains an authoritarian state.

Political culture --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Politicians --- Discourse analysis --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Leadership --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Language. --- Political aspects --- Russia (Federation) --- Politics and government --- Language --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Political culture - Russia (Federation) --- Elite (Social sciences) - Russia (Federation) - Language --- Politicians - Russia (Federation) - Interviews --- Discourse analysis - Political aspects - Russia (Federation) --- Russia (Federation) - Politics and government - 1991 --- -Political culture --- -Discourse analysis

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Since the fall of communism, public opinion in Russia, including that of a now more diverse elite, has become a substantial factor in that country's policymaking process. What this opinion might be and how it responds to American actions is the subject of this study. William Zimmerman offers important and sometimes disturbing insight into the thinking of citizens in America's former Cold War adversary about such matters as NATO expansion. Drawing on nearly a decade of unprecedented surveys he conducted with a wide spectrum of the Russian public, he gauges the impact of Russia's opening on its foreign policy and how liberal democrats orient themselves to foreign policy. He also shows that insights from the study of American foreign policy are often "portable" to the study of Russian foreign policy attitudes. As Zimmerman shows, the general public, which had a modest but real role in foreign policy decision making, tended much more toward isolationism than did the predominant elites who steered Russia's foreign policy in the 1990s. Interspersing smooth prose with a wide array of richly informative tables, the book represents an invaluable opportunity to discern probable shifts in Russian foreign policy that domestic political changes would bring. And it powerfully suggests that the West, by forging its own policies toward Russia with more prudence, can have a say in the outcome of the great choice facing Russia--whether to forge ahead with democracy or slip back into authoritarianism.

Elite (Social sciences) --- Political participation --- Elite (Sciences sociales) --- Participation politique --- Russia (Federation) --- Russie --- Politics and government --- Foreign relations. --- Politique et gouvernement --- Relations extérieures --- -Political participation --- -Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- -Russia (Federation) --- -Foreign relations --- Foreign relations --- -Politics and government --- Relations extérieures --- Elite (Social sciences) - Russia (Federation) --- Political participation - Russia (Federation) --- Russia (Federation) - Foreign relations --- Russia (Federation) - Politics and government - 1991 --- -Elite (Social sciences)

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This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates that a disregard for the way state officials behave toward citizens - state quality - had a negative impact on what the state could do - state capacity. Focusing on those organizations that control state coercion, what Russians call the 'power ministries', Taylor shows that many of the weaknesses of the Russian state that existed under Boris Yeltsin persisted under Putin. Drawing on extensive field research and interviews, as well as a wide range of comparative data, the book reveals the practices and norms that guide the behavior of Russian power ministry officials (the so-called siloviki), especially law enforcement personnel. By examining siloviki behavior from the Kremlin down to the street level, State Building in Putin's Russia uncovers the who, where and how of Russian state building after communism.

Post-communism --- Power (Social sciences) --- Federal government --- Police power --- Duress (Law) --- State, The --- Postcommunisme --- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) --- Fédéralisme --- Police --- Contrainte (Droit) --- Etat --- History --- History. --- Histoire --- Pouvoirs --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, --- Political and social views. --- Influence. --- Russia (Federation) --- Russie --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Political and social views --- Influence --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Coercion (Law) --- Compulsion --- Criminal liability --- Law --- Necessity (Law) --- Threats --- Torts --- Undue influence --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- Municipal corporations --- Right of property --- Division of powers --- Federal-provincial relations --- Federal-state relations --- Federal systems --- Federalism --- Central-local government relations --- Decentralization in government --- State governments --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Law and legislation --- Elʹt︠s︡in, B. N. --- Elʹt︠s︡in, Boris Nikolaevich, --- Eltsine, Boris, --- Enxin, Bôrít, --- Jelzin, Boris, --- Ельцин, Борис Николаевич, --- ילצין, בוריס ניקולייביץ׳, --- Putin, Wladimir Wladimirowitsch, --- Putin, Volodymyr, --- Pujing, --- Poutine, Vladimir Vladimirovitch, --- Путин, Владимир Владимирович, --- Putinas, Vladimiras, --- Fédéralisme --- Powers, Division of --- Provincial-federal relations --- State-federal relations --- Putin, V. V. --- Jeltsin, Boris, --- Poetin, Vladimir Vladimirovitsj, --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Post-communism - Russia (Federation) - History --- Power (Social sciences) - Russia (Federation) - History --- Federal government - Russia (Federation) - History --- Police power - Russia (Federation) - History --- Duress (Law) - Russia (Federation) - History --- State, The - History - 20th century --- State, The - History - 21st century --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, - 1952- - Political and social views --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, - 1931-2007 - Influence --- Russia (Federation) - Politics and government - 1991 --- -Post-communism --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, - 1952 --- -Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, - 1931-2007