Valerie Sperling: 4 books
Building The Russian State
Institutional Crisis And The Quest For Democratic Governance
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Has the Russian state managed to lay the institutional groundwork for long-term stability and democratic governance? In Building the Russian State , Valerie Sperling assemblies a group of cutting-edge scholars to critically assess the crises in Russia's transitional institutions. Part I of the book...
Sex, Politics, and Putin
Political Legitimacy in Russia
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Is Vladimir Putin macho, or is he a "fag"? Sex, Politics, and Putin investigates how gender stereotypes and sexualization have been used as tools of political legitimation in contemporary Russia. Despite their enmity, regime allies and detractors alike have wielded traditional concepts of masculinity,...
by Mark D. Brewer, Richard Powell, Chad Kinsella
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a true outsider — a candidate with no previous governmental experience and mixed support from his own party — won the election by winning in traditionally Democratic...
Courting Gender Justice
Russia, Turkey, and the European Court of Human Rights
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Women and the LGBT community in Russia and Turkey face pervasive discrimination. Only a small percentage dare to challenge their mistreatment in court. Facing domestic police and judges who often refuse to recognize discrimination, a small minority of activists have exhausted their domestic appeals...