Authoritarian Modernization in Russia

Post-Communist Russia is an instance of the phenomenon of authoritarian modernization project, which is perceived as a set of policies intended to achieve a high level of economic development, while political freedoms remain beyond the current modernization agenda or are postponed to a distant future. This volume encourages further discussions about the logic and mechanisms of the authoritarian modernization project in post-Communist Russia and its effects on Russiäs politics, economy, and society.