Classifying Post-Communist Regimes Amid State-Rebuilding: Russia’s 'Sovereign Democracy' in Comparative-Historical Perspective

• In Event: Political and Economic Transitions

Brief Overview

Authoritarian backsliding in Russia and other post-communist states need to be differentiated based on whether specific trends reflect enduring features of state-society relations or tactical responses to inherited challenges of state rebuilding.

Author

• Rudra Sil, University of Pennsylvania