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Vodka Politics Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State

Name: Vodka Politics
Author: Mark Schrad

Auteur: Mark Schrad

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Mark Schrad

Engels
Paperback
9780190468811
22 september 2016
508 pagina's

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Russia is famous for its vodka, and its culture of extreme intoxication. But just as vodka is central to the lives of many Russians, it is also central to understanding Russian history and politics. In Vodka Politics, Mark Lawrence Schrad argues that debilitating societal alcoholism is not hard-wired into Russians' genetic code, but rather their autocratic political system, which has long wielded vodka as a tool of statecraft. Through a series of historical investigations stretching from Ivan the Terrible through Vladimir Putin, Vodka Politics presents the secret history of the Russian state itself-a history that is drenched in liquor. Scrutinizing (rather than dismissing) the role of alcohol in Russian politics yields a more nuanced understanding of Russian history itself: from palace intrigues under the tsars to the drunken antics of Soviet and post-Soviet leadership, vodka is there in abundance. Beyond vivid anecdotes, Schrad scours original documents and archival evidence to answer provocative historical questions. How have Russia's rulers used alcohol to solidify their autocratic rule? What role did alcohol play in tsarist coups? Was Nicholas II's ill-fated prohibition a catalyst for the Bolshevik Revolution? Could the Soviet Union have become a world power without liquor? How did vodka politics contribute to the collapse of both communism and public health in the 1990s? How can the Kremlin overcome vodka's hurdles to produce greater social well-being, prosperity, and democracy into the future? Viewing Russian history through the bottom of the vodka bottle helps us to understand why the "liquor question" remains important to Russian high politics even today-almost a century after the issue had been put to bed in most every other modern state. Indeed, recognizing and confronting vodka's devastating political legacies may be the greatest political challenge for this generation of Russia's leadership, as well as the next.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 22 september 2016
Aantal pagina's: 508
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Hoofdauteur: Mark Schrad
Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press Inc

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 152 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 235 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 231 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 36 mm
Verpakking lengte: 155 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 730 g

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Categorieën: Geschiedenis

Europa

Oorlogen

Koude Oorlog

Periodes

Nieuwe tijd (1500-1800)

Moderne tijd (1800-1945)

Hedendaagse geschiedenis ( v.a. 1945)

Regio's & Landen

Boeken
Taal: Engels
Periode: 20e eeuw, 19e eeuw, 18e eeuw
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Land: Rusland

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