Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia

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June 11, 2019
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0300238398
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A fascinating, bottom-up exploration of contemporary Russian politics that sheds new light on why Putin’s grip on power is more fragile than we think

“Putin v. the People wrestles with perhaps the central conundrum of contemporary Russia: the endurance of support for Putin amid deepening disillusionment with the present and pessimism about the future.”—Daniel Beer, The Guardian

What do ordinary Russians think of Putin? Who are his supporters? And why might their support now be faltering? Alive with the voices and experiences of ordinary Russians and elites alike, Sam Greene and Graeme Robertson craft a compellingly original account of contemporary Russian politics.

Telling the story of Putin’s rule through pivotal episodes such as the aftermath of the "For Fair Elections" protests, the annexation of Crimea, and the War in Eastern Ukraine, Greene and Robertson draw on interviews, surveys, social media data, and leaked documents to reveal how hard Putin has to work to maintain broad popular support, while exposing the changing tactics that the Kremlin has used to bolster his popularity. Unearthing the ambitions, emotions, and divisions that fuel Russian politics, this book illuminates the crossroads to which Putin has led his country and shows why his rule is more fragile than it appears.

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“Drawing on extensive on-the-ground research, including focus groups and opinion surveys, Greene and Robertson examine the roots of Putin’s popularity and his support across different sections of Russian society. The current situation has revealed the importance of understanding who supports Putin and why.”—New Statesman

“This volume offers a significant contribution to our understanding of Russian politics, and autocracy in general. It offers a nuanced and persuasive alternative to the vision of an autocrat propped up by chauvinism, fear, and repression. . . . It is written in a journalistic style that is very accessible to general readers and undergraduates. I expect to see it on many syllabi of Russian politics and society in the near future.”—James Richter, Russian Review

“Putin v. the People provides a revealing window into the modern Russian political system.”—Spencer Silbey, New Contemporary: Note from the Havighurst Center

Received an Honorable Mention from Davis Center Book Prize, sponsored by The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

“Groundbreaking research presented in a fresh and accessible style—this book, centering on the positive social and emotional responses of the Russian people to their autocratic political leadership, is a thought-provoking challenge to the clichés and stereotypes surrounding Vladimir Putin.”—Edward Lucas, author of The New Cold War: Putin’s Russia and the Threat to the West

“This engagingly written book concentrates on ordinary Russians, meticulously tracking their reactions to a complex but fragile regime where opposition is significant if limited, and Putin and his people are surprisingly dependent on each other”—Sir Rodric Braithwaite, author and British Ambassador in Moscow 1988-92

“Challenging many conventional assumptions about contemporary Russian society, this fresh, original analysis offers paradoxically an explanation for why Putin is popular—but also why his position is fragile.”—Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and Former US Ambassador to Russia

“A deep dive into the complexities of Russian society, Putin's popularity and the protest movement that rocked the Kremlin.”—Arkady Ostrovsky, author of The Invention of Russia

About the Author

Sam Greene is reader in Russian politics and director of the Russia Institute at King’s College London. Graeme Robertson is professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies.

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Samuel A. Greene is Director of King's Russia Institute at King's College London and Reader in Russian Politics. Prior to coming to London in 2012, he lived and worked in Moscow for 13 years, most recently as deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and director of the Center for the Study of New Media & Society at the New Economic School. His first book, "Moscow in Movement: Power and Opposition in Putin's Russia", was published in August 2014 by Stanford University Press. His second book, "Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia" (co-authored with Graeme B. Robertson) will be published in spring 2019 by Yale University Press.

Graeme B. Robertson

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Graeme Robertson is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With Samuel A. Greene, Graeme is the author most recently of "Putin vs The People" from Yale Press. The book will be published in April 2019 in the UK and in June in the US. Aimed at a broad audience, this book focuses on how Putin's power relies heavily on the support of the Russian people and shows why he is much more vulnerable than most people think.

Graeme frequently comments on Russian politics in the media. He has also published more than 20 academic articles and the 2011 book, "The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes."

He received his B.A. from Oxford University (1990), an M.A. in Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies from Harvard University (1997), and his Ph.D from Columbia University (2004).

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Publisher

‎Yale University Press (June 11, 2019)

Language

‎English

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‎296 pages

ISBN-10

‎0300238398

ISBN-13

‎978-0300238396

Item Weight

‎1.12 pounds

Dimensions

‎7 x 1 x 9 inches

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Contrary to the advertising blur on the Amazon website, I learned absolutely from this book ....... and I am not even an expert on the matter. Everything I knew before reading the book was gleaned from the general media. It is also interesting that of all the people that rated this book, mainly with a whopping five stars, none has left a commentary to explain their ranking. Most odd! Friends of the author propping up a failed enterprise? The text is written in broad sweeps picking up on well recorded events and then delving deeper into facts that support the authors' narrative, namely that Putin is unpopular and manipulates events in order to promote his popularity. Well, what a surprise! You mean, just like the average politician in the West manipulates events to prop up their popularity, often with tax cuts or tax breaks just before elections or, in the case of the Brits, bashing the EU or joining an American adventure is some long lost and forgotten land? You mean that sort of manipulation? I loved this marketing sentence: "this book illuminates the crossroads to which Putin has led his country". Replace the name Putin with Johnson, add Brexit somewhere in the text, and the sentence could apply to another country (i.e. the UK). I am proud I reached Page 212 of this book but then I had to admit defeat. The American style text finally did it for me. In short, the book sticks to the subject but is otherwise poorly written and contains nothing new.

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