Publication
Jun 2017
Just how different is the political culture of Russia’s power elite from that of Western decision-makers? To resolve this question, Susan Stewart focuses on the elite’s attitudes towards 1) legal and legislative legitimacy; 2) what constitutes the national interest and public good; 3) the relative importance of truth and history in a society; and 4) the acceptability of violence as an instrument of policy. After probing these areas, Stewart concludes that Russia’s self-interested political elite routinely instrumentalizes them.
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Author | Susan Stewart |
Series | SWP Research Papers |
Issue | 7 |
Publisher | Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) |
Copyright | © 2017 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) |