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David G. Lewis explores Russia's political system under Putin by unpacking the ideological paradigm that underpins it. Heinvestigates 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.

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"[Lewis'] book gives us another way of thinking about the nature of the Russian polity ... rich and thought-provoking--Dr John Anderson, University of St Andrews ""Rights in Russia"" Lewis' work is a tantalizing interpretation of many of contemporary Russia's political choices. There are real jewels in this book, including a deep reading of the anti-LGBT campaign, and Russia's so-called information warfare, as ways of articulating Russia's sovereignty by creating the ability to establish norms and narratives.--Yakov Feygin, The Berggruen Institute ""The Russian Review"" This book is a thought-provoking contribution to the literature on Russian politics and foreign policy, presenting a coherent and strong argument regarding the ideas and strategies of Putinism.--Zerrin Torun, Middle East Technical University ""Europe-Asia Studies"" This is the first work to thoroughly examine the relevance and impact of the ideas of Carl Schmitt in contemporary Russia. Lewis convincingly argues that Putin's world view reflects some of Schmitt's categories, such as ""identitarian democracy"" and ""great space"" power projection beyond the nation-state. This is a valuable contribution both to the politics of comparative authoritarianism and the history of ideas in contemporary Russia.-- ""Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University"""

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David G. Lewis, Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics, University of Eeter.

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