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Has there been "rollback" of democracy in Russia under Putin?

In totalitarian countries . . The government tortures, kills and suppresses unions and the press. Whereas in authoritarian countries . . These functions are left to the private sector. Jules Feiffer cartoon on statement by former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Jean Kirkpatrick In order to judge whether there has been a “rollback of democracy” in Russia, we need to be clear about what is meant by the democratic state of affairs believed to exist before democracy was “rolled back.”...

Eidlin Fred
Опубликовано:
16.02.2016 05:08:00

Government is Incomplete Conquest

... campaigns is always "small stuff." Fundamental questions like the distribution of wealth, power, and prestige almost never arise. And when they do arise, it is only at the margins of political debate. In those rare instances when an existing political order is challenged, such things as populist movements and "color revolutions," elites almost always find ways to diffuse them. There may be excellent reasons why the state of conquest is almost never challenged. Yet the fact is that ...

Eidlin Fred
Опубликовано:
22.10.2015 02:36:00

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