Russia
Authoritarianism Without Authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6288735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn Stoner-Wei, Kathryn Stoner‐wei (corresponding author), Kathryn Stoner‐Weiss (corresponding author), Kathryn Stoner-Weiss |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 104-118 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2006.0018 |
| OpenAlex | W2035741478 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 4 |
Do autocracies tend to govern better than democracies? Will a plainly authoritarian recasting of Russia's political system necessarily lead to a more capable state? Russia's president, Vladimir Putin would have us believe so, but recent events—not to mention the long arc of Russian and Soviet history—suggest a different answer. Putin's claims about what ails Russia are wrong. The culprit behind Russia's ungovernability is not the country's halting democracy but rather its weak, poorly institutionalized state. The best cure, moreover, is not authoritarianism— hard or soft —but rather an enhanced democracy, more deeply institutionalized than it ever was under Putin or his predecessor Boris Yeltsin
Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Conflict and Governance · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2017 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |