| Description |
1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Contents |
Copyright; Contents; List of tables and figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Approaches to contemporary Russia; 2 The security forces; 3 The Chechen conflict; 4 The media; 5 Civil society; 6 Migration; 7 The economy; 8 Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Securitising Russia shows the impact of twenty-first-century security concerns on the way Russia is ruled. It demonstrates how President Putin has wrestled with terrorism, immigration, media freedom, religious pluralism, and economic globalism, and argues that fears of a return to old-style authoritarianism oversimplify the complex context of contemporary Russia. The book focuses on the internal security issues common to many states in the early twenty-first-century, and places them in the particular context of Russia. Detailed analysis of the place of security in Russia?s political discourse a |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-
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| SUBJECT |
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- fast (OCoLC)fst00444788 |
| Subject |
Politics and government.
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| SUBJECT |
Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006576
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| Subject |
Russia (Federation)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Renz, Bettina
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Cooper, Julian
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| ISBN |
9781847792051 |
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1847792057 |
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