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What Is Putinism

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ID6287216
AuthorsM Steven Fish (0000-0001-9992-9984, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume28
Issue4
Pages61-75
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2017.0066
OpenAlexW2762012274
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited4

Under Vladimir Putin, Russia’s ruling class again claims to represent a superior alternative to liberal democracy. How can we theorize this regime? Putinism is a form of autocracy that is conservative, populist, and personalistic. Its conservatism means that Putinism prioritizes maintaining the status quo and avoiding instability. Conservatism also overlaps with Putinism’s populism in crowd-pleasing broadsides against gay rights and feminism, but gives that populism a distinct cast when it comes to questions of social spending and interethnic or interconfessional relations. Finally, as a personalist autocracy, Putinism rests on one-man rule. Yet the identification of the regime with a single person may fatally undermine Putinism’s effectiveness in its self-appointed role as a bulwark against upheaval

Autocracy · Conservatism · Democracy · Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Positive economics · Sociology · Status quo · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Russia and Soviet political economy

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Citations per year1,92
Citation span2014 - 2026 (13)
Citation velocitycurrent
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