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What Does Putin Promise Russians? Russia's Authoritarian Social Policy

In his 20 years in power, Vladimir Putin has employed a savvy use of social policy to bolster his popularity, but it is a set of policies not well designed to address Russia's chronic under-provision of healthcare, education, and other social services—particularly in rural areas. The COVID-19 g...

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Autor principal: Sokhey, Sarah Wilson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Foreign Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7329284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32834127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orbis.2020.05.003
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Sumario:In his 20 years in power, Vladimir Putin has employed a savvy use of social policy to bolster his popularity, but it is a set of policies not well designed to address Russia's chronic under-provision of healthcare, education, and other social services—particularly in rural areas. The COVID-19 global pandemic will only exacerbate Russia's social policy challenges and could pose a threat to Putin's political survival.