Introduction: Crimea: Anatomy of a Decision / Daniel Treisman. Inside the Kremlin: The Presidency and Executive Branch / Maxim Ananyev -- Not Just a Rubber Stamp: Parliament and Lawmaking / Ben Noble and Ekaterina Schulmann -- The Siloviki in Russian Politics / Andrei Soldatov and Michael Rochlitz -- Regional Elites and Moscow / Nikolay Petrov and Eugenia Nazrullaeva -- The Role of Business in Shaping Economic Policy / Natalia Lamberova and Konstantin Sonin -- Media in Russia: Between Modernization and Monopoly / Maria Lipman, Anna Kachkaeva, and Michael Poyker / Public Opinion and Russian Politics / Kirill Rogov and Maxim Ananyev -- The Courts, Law Enforcement, and Politics / Ella Paneyakh and Dina Rosenberg -- Civic and Political Activism in Russia / Anton Sobolev and Alexei Zakharov -- Crimea: Anatomy of a Decision / Daniel Treisman.
Summary:
"The result of a two-year collaboration between top Russian experts and Western political scholars, Autocracy explores the complex roles of Russia's presidency, security services, parliament, media and other actors. The authors argue that Putin has created an "informational autocracy," which relies more on media manipulation than on the comprehensive repression of traditional dictatorships. The fake news, hackers, and trolls that featured in Russia's foreign policy during the 2016 U.S. presidential election are also favored tools of Putin's domestic regime--along with internet restrictions, state television, and copious in-house surveys. While these tactics have been successful in the short run, the regime that depends on them already shows signs of age: over-centralization, a narrowing of information flows, and a reliance on informal fixers to bypass the bureaucracy. The regime's challenge will be to continue to block social modernization without undermining the leadership's own capabilities." -- Publisher's website
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