A collection of the best articles by Ekaterina Shulman, which tells about the peculiarities of the Russian political system, its qualities and prospects for transformation.
Ekaterina Shulman is a political scientist, candidate of political sciences, lecturer at the Russian Academy of State Service and National Economy, a specialist in lawmaking, a regular columnist for the Vedomosti newspaper and the author of many other electronic and printed publications, the author of the book Lawmaking as a Political Process.
From the audiobook you will learn:
• what political regimes the Russian one resembles and what it says about its probable future;
• what stands between democracy and autocracy, what is the weakness and strength of hybrid regimes, and how you can use this knowledge to your advantage;
• what the lawmaking process in Russia actually looks like: where do the new laws come from, who are their real authors and beneficiaries, and how to fix an enraged printer;
• what transformations are taking place in Russian society, and what political consequences this will lead to;
• how a citizen can influence decisions affecting his interests and stay alive.
© Ekaterina Shulman, text
© Sergey Elkin, cover illustration, endpapers
© AST Publishing House LLC
© & ℗ Audiobook LLC, 2018
Audio Recording Producer: Tatiana Plyuta
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