ISBN:
0-7618-6764-3
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (219 p.)
DDC:
303.380947
Keywords:
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,
;
Public opinion
;
Russia Civilization.
;
Russia Social conditions.
;
Electronic books.
Abstract:
This book examines Russian public opinion, culture and society in the context of the lies, liars and untruths consistent with, but not exclusive to, the rule of Putin. Based on new research, this study applies a new approach and seeks to provide an understanding of Russia's socio-political environment to outsiders.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Research Question; Summary; Author's Note; Transliteration; 1 Introduction; Goals of This Publication; Short Explanation of Findings; Previous Studies of Lying in Russia, and Lying/Political Culture in General; Notes; 2 Current Political Life in Russia; The Abstract of 'Putinism'; What Is Russian Public Opinion?; Notes; 3 The Popular and Latent Understandings of Lying in Russian Culture; A Short History; Profiles in Truth and Untruth in Historical Russia; Present-Day Russia; Disinformatsiya, Cyberspace, and Conspiracy Theory; Regionalism; Moscow and Non-Moscow; Chechnya
Description / Table of Contents:
ConclusionsNotes; 4 The Acceptance of Political Lying in Russia; Lying, Daily Life, and Acceptance of Corruption and Theft; Russian Media and the Acceptance of Lying; Profiles in Accepting Truth and Untruth in Putin-era Russia; 'Accept Me:' Putin and the Second Chechen War; Accepting the War on Media Affiliated Oligarchs; Accepting a War on Journalists; Conclusions; Notes; 5 The Meaning of Lying in Russian Public Opinion and Political Culture; Innate Justice, the 'State,' and the 'Personal'; Russia, Democracy, and Lies; The Legal Issues of Lying in Russia
Description / Table of Contents:
The Ukrainian Situation and Lying in Support of "National Security"Conclusions; Notes; 6 Conclusions; The Future; Notes; Select Bibliography; Newspapers, Television, and Media Sources; A Few On-Line Public Opinion Database Sources (mostly in Russian language); Very Select Literature; About the Author
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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