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Author Wilson, Andrew, 1961-

Title Virtual politics : faking democracy in the post-Soviet world / Andrew Wilson.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
©2005

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 Moore Stacks  JN6581 .W47 2005    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xviii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-318) and index.
Contents Introduction -- 'Active measures' : a Russian tradition -- Politics as virtuality in the post-Soviet world -- The 'political technologist' : Machiavelli as corporate adviser -- 'Administrative resources' -- Politics as theatre : disguising the state holding company -- How many towers in the Kremlin? the 'many-layered pie' -- Dishing the opposition -- Inventing the opposition : Kremlin parties -- Inventing the opposition : virtual communists -- Conclusions.
Subject Politics, Practical -- Former Soviet republics.
Politics, Practical.
Legitimacy of governments -- Former Soviet republics.
Legitimacy of governments.
Mass media -- Political aspects -- Former Soviet republics.
Mass media -- Political aspects.
Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government.
ISBN 0300095457 cloth alkaline paper