Russia's New Authoritarianism: Putin and the Politics of Order

Studies the transformation of Russian domestic politics and foreign policy under Vladimir Putin Why did Russia's post-Soviet political system developed into a new form of authoritarianism? And how did its foreign policy came to pose such a profound challenge to the West? David G. Lewis goes beyond current polemical debates to address these questions. Lewis investigates the Russian understanding of key concepts such as sovereignty, democracy and political community. He analyses the Russian political system as a novel form of authoritarian political order, unpacking the ideological paradigm that underpins it. He reveals that Russia's new order is characterised by the consolidation of political and economic power around a sovereign leader, together with a willingness to take political decisions outside the law both at home and in international affairs.

• | Author: David G. Lewis
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: March 31, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 334 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1474454763
• | ISBN-13: 9781474454766