Moscow in Movement: Power and Opposition in Putin's Russia

291 Pages·2014·2.943 MB·English

by  Samuel A. Greene

MOSCOW IN MOVEMENT

MOSCOW IN MOVEMENT
Power and Opposition in Putin’s Russia
SAMUEL A. GREENE
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To Russia
За Россию

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 The Puzzle of Russian Civil Society: An Introduction 1
2 Perspectives on Civil Society 23
3 Russia’s Potemkin Revolution 58
4 Civil Society in Russia: What We Do and Do Not Know 92
5 Private Brutality and Public Verdicts:
Defending Human Rights in Russia 110
6 Our Home Is Russia: Russia’s Housing-Rights Movements 145
7 Road Rage: Russia’s Automotive Rebellion 167
8 Seizing the Moment 202
9 Conclusions 219
Notes 229
Works Cited 239
Index 263

List of Illustrations
Table 3.1 Size of the Central Committee 65
Table 3.2 Percentage of GDP Spent on Public Health
and Education in Postcommunist States 80
Table 3.3 Percentage of Consolidated Tax Revenue from
Individuals in Postcommunist States 81
Table 4.1 Sources of Influence on the Local Situation 98
Figure 4.1 Readiness of Russian Citizens and L’gotniki to Protest 108
Table 5.1 Oleinik Time Line 115
Table 5.2 Matrix of Cases 130
Table. 5.3 Victims of Crime: Which of the Following Has
Happened to You? 132
Table. 5.4 What Sorts of Police Infractions Do Citizens
Most Often Face? 133
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