Imitation Democracy - Dmitrii Furman

Examines the history and functioning of Russia's post-Soviet political system–an “imitation democracy”After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of “imitation democracy,” marked by “a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule.” How did this system take shape, how else might it have developed, and what are the prospects for re-envisioning it more democratically in the future?These questions... Zobrazit více