Verfasst von:	Schwenck, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Flexible authoritarianism
Titelzusatz:	cultivating ambition and loyalty in Russia
Verf.angabe:	Anna Schwenck
Verlagsort:	New York, NY
Verlag:	Oxford University Press
E-Jahr:	2024
Jahr:	[2024]
Umfang:	xvi, 318 Seiten
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Oxford studies in culture and politics
Fussnoten:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 275-306, Register
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Introduction : flexible authoritarianism, loyalty, and quests for change
	Interlude : entrepreneurial start-up culture meets soviet-style suspicions : reflections on two Russian youth-leadership camps
	Soviet traditions in service of flexible authoritarianism
	How flexible authoritarianism looks and feels
	Loyal youths' individualist quests for change : self-development for the good of all
	Professionalizing patriots : the branding and staging of heroic masculinity
ISBN:	978-0-19-775158-9
	978-0-19-775159-6
Abstract:	Flexible Authoritarianism examines the nature of regimes that incentivize individual personal growth and creative thinking while simultaneously repressing political freedom. Both neoliberal techniques and authoritarian practices inform the governmental style that characterizes this kind of regime. The book conveys the look and feel of flexible authoritarianism in Russia and its reception by those who experience the regime first-hand. It demonstrates how flexible authoritarianism is stabilized ideologically by the insignia of cool start-up capitalism, by familiar cultural forms such as the summer camp, and by the authoritarian practices of actors in politics, business, and civic life. The author's approach combines bottom-up and top-down perspectives, drawing on field observations, in-depth interviews, and analyses of documents and video clips. The book critically evaluates how loyalty to a flexible authoritarian regime is produced and contested in Russia among young people who appear likely to occupy key positions in politics, business, the public sector, and creative industries, and who thereby may support the regime in the future. While these potential strategic elites strive to attain the kinds of conveniences enjoyed by middle classes in economically prosperous states and are outspoken in their critique of corruption and favoritism in their country, they also accept and amplify the Russian government's practice of blaming poverty and slow development on passivity, indifference to the common good, and a lack of patriotism among ordinary citizens, rather than on self-serving indifference in the higher echelons of power.
Schlagwörter:	(g)Russland    / (p)Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovič    / (s)Autoritärer Staat    / (s)Autoritarismus
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Schwenck, Anna: Flexible authoritarianism. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2024. - 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
K10plus-PPN:	1866040782