Book - Brian Taylor, "State Building in Putin's Russia. Policing and Coercion after Communism" - Forthcoming February 2011

Brian Taylor, State Building in Putin's Russia. Policing and Coercion after Communism, Cambridge University Press, March 2011. Description: Building a strong Russian state was the central goal of Vladimir Putin's presidency. This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates that a disregard for the way state officials behave toward citizens - state quality - had a negative impact on what the state could do - state capacity. Focusing ..