State building in Putin's Russia : policing and coercion after communism / / Brian D. Taylor.
"Building a strong Russian state was the central goal of Vladimir Putin's presidency. 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...
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 373 p. :; ill., 2 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Bringing the gun back in : coercion and the state
- The power ministries and the siloviki
- Coercion and capacity : political order and the central state
- Coercion and capacity : centralization and federalism
- Coercion and quality : power ministry practices and personnel
- Coercion and quality : the state and society
- Coercion in the North Caucasus
- State capacity and quality reconsidered
- Appendix A: Publication abbreviations
- Appendix B: Interview index.