Abstract
Russian politics has been characterised by increasing cultural and political conservatism since Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency. This article argues that Putin’s turn to cultural conservatism is a reaction to a crisis in Russia’s neo-patrimonial system. The article presents a model of neo-patrimonialism and argues that the turn to cultural conservatism under Putin is only a partial solution to the problems of neo-patrimonialism in Russia. This is because the turn towards cultural conservatism does not define any internal transformational tasks for Putin to fulfil.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 348-366 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Europe - Asia Studies |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Feb 2017 |