Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia - Timothy Frye

Category: History, Political
Language: English
Keywords: Cultura History Politics Russia

Written by Timothy Frye
Read by John Pruden
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps

General Information
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Title: Weak Strongman
Subtitle: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia
Author: Timothy Frye
Reader: John Pruden
Audiobook Copyright: 2021-04-06
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Duration: 8 hrs 27 mins
ISBN: 9781666103151
Subjects: Political

File Information
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Media Format: AAC
Total Files: 1
Total Size: 469 MB
Bitrate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo

Book Description
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Why we need to look beyond Putin to understand how today’s Russia
actually works

Media and public discussion tends to understand Russian politics as a
direct reflection of Vladimir Putin’s seeming omnipotence or Russia’s
unique history and culture. Yet Russia is remarkably similar to other
autocracies-and recognizing this illuminates the inherent limits to
Putin’s power. Weak Strongman challenges the conventional wisdom about
Putin’s Russia, highlighting the difficult trade-offs that confront
the Kremlin on issues ranging from election fraud and repression to
propaganda and foreign policy.

Drawing on three decades of his own on-the-ground experience and
research as well as insights from a new generation of social
scientists that have received little attention outside academia,
Timothy Frye reveals how much we overlook about today’s Russia when we
focus solely on Putin or Russian exceptionalism. Frye brings a new
understanding to a host of crucial questions: How popular is Putin? Is
Russian propaganda effective? Why are relations with the West so
fraught? Can Russian cyber warriors really swing foreign elections? In
answering these and other questions, Frye offers a highly accessible
reassessment of Russian politics that highlights the challenges of
governing Russia and the nature of modern autocracy.