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Ruling Russia: from Revolution to Putin's Authoritarianism

(us) William Zimmerman

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"Running Russia: From Revolution to Putin's Authoritarianism" discusses the historical evolution of the Russian political system from 1917 to 2015. William Zimmerman drew on Schumpeter's criteria to classify regime types into democracy, competitive authoritarianism, complete authoritarianism, and totalitarian regimes, and evaluated and compared the Soviet and Russian regimes accordingly. The book shows the changes in the polity-society relationship in the Soviet Union and Russia through the political behaviors of leaders during the Soviet and Russian periods (including repression, purges, mobilization, elections and campaigns, electoral reforms, etc.).