Download or read book Russia's New Authoritarianism written by Lewis David G. Lewis and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David G. Lewis explores Russia's political system under Putin by unpacking the ideological paradigm that underpins it. He investigates the Russian understanding of key concepts such as sovereignty, democracy and political community. Through the dissection of a series of case studies - including Russia's legal system, the annexation of Crimea, and Russian policy in Syria - Lewis explains why these ideas matter in Russian domestic and foreign policy.