TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Andrew
TI  - Virtual politics: faking democracy in the post-Soviet world 
SN  - 0300095457
AV  - JN6581 .W47 2005
U1  - 324.09470905 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Elections
KW  - Corrupt practices
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Mass media and propaganda
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Legitimacy of governments
KW  - Former Soviet republics
KW  - Politics, Practical
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1991-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-318) and index; Introduction -- 'Active measures' : a Russian tradition -- Politics as virtuality in the post-Soviet world -- The 'political technologist' : Machiavelli as corporate adviser -- 'Administrative resources' -- Politics as theatre : disguising the state holding company -- How many towers in the Kremlin? the 'many-layered pie' -- Dishing the opposition -- Inventing the opposition : Kremlin parties -- Inventing the opposition : virtual communists -- Conclusions
N2  - "This book uncovers the sophisticated techniques of the 'virtual' political system used to legitimise post-Soviet regimes: entire fake parties, phantom political rivals and 'scarecrow' opponents. And it exposes the paramount role of the mass media in projecting these creations and in falsifying the entire political process."--Jacket
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004029345-b.html
ER  -