{"product_id":"leading-russia","title":"Leading Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeaders and leadership continue to dominate Russia's political development. Like his predecessors in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin has made a crucial impact on the substance and style of  Russian politics. His efforts to use traditional tools of state power to manage democracy and market capitalism have had mixed effects on both.Leading Russia  investigates the ambiguities and contradictions of Putin's rule from four perspectives. The\n\u003cbr\u003evolume first considers his leadership in the context of Russia's convulsive historical cycle of revolutionary transformation, breakdown, consolidation, and stagnation.  The study then analyses how normative and\n\u003cbr\u003einstitutional components of democracy have fared under Putin's regime of stronger executive control. It proceeds to examine the strengths and weaknesses of presidential power vis-à-vis bureaucratic, regional, and corporate groups.  The volume concludes with two assessments of the strategic direction in which Putin is taking Russia. They explore the tensions between bureaucratic-authoritarian trends and Putin's apparent commitment to electoral democracy, market capitalism, and alignment\n\u003cbr\u003ewith the West. The book helps to deepen our understanding of the cultural and institutional factors shaping Putin's leadership approach and policy priorities. More widely, it sheds light on the\n\u003cbr\u003ecomplexity of the relationship between post-communist leadership, democracy, and economic modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44088950161646,"sku":"9780199276141","price":231.3,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199276141.jpg?v=1706229951","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/leading-russia","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}