Book review: Fragile empire: how Russia fell in and out of love with Vladimir Putin

Krupa, Joel (2013) Book review: Fragile empire: how Russia fell in and out of love with Vladimir Putin. LSE Review of Books (15 Jul 2013). Website.

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"Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In and Out of Love With Vladimir Putin." Ben Judah. Yale University Press. April 2013. --- In this well-received new analysis, Ben Judah argues that Putin is not the strongman he appears. Russia’s leader may be victorious as a politician, but he has utterly failed to build a modern state. Once loved for its forcefulness and the spreading of new consumer lifestyles, Putin’s regime is now increasingly loathed for incompetence and corruption. Joel Krupa finds this a fantastically engaging book, with many enlightening and provocative tales of a Russia we may not recognise.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2013 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2013 10:43
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 18:34
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/54125

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