{"product_id":"politics-under-the-influence-anna-l-bailey-9781501724404","title":"Politics Under the Influence: Vodka and Public Policy in Putin's Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"You know just how serious a problem alcoholism has become for our country. Frankly speaking, it has taken on the proportions of a national disaster.\" So spoke Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2009 as the government launched its latest anti-alcohol campaign. Challenging the standard narrative of top-down implementation of policy, Anna Bailey's \u003ci\u003ePolitics under the Influence\u003c\/i\u003e breaks new ground in the analysis of Russian alcoholism and the politics of the Putin regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe state is supposed to make policy in the national interest, to preserve the nation's health against the ravages inflicted by widespread alcohol abuse. In fact, Bailey shows, the Russian state is deeply divided, and policy is commonly a result of the competitive interactions of stakeholders with vested interests. \u003ci\u003ePolitics under the Influence\u003c\/i\u003e turns a spotlight on the powerful vodka industry whose ties to Putin's political elite have grown in influence since 2009. She details how that lobby has used the anti-alcohol campaign as a way to reduce the competitiveness of its main rival--the multinational beer industry. Drawing on a wide range of sources including fieldwork interviews, government documents, media articles, and opinion polls, Bailey reveals the many ambivalences, informal practices, and paradoxes in contemporary Russian politics. \u003ci\u003ePolitics under the Influence\u003c\/i\u003e exhibits the kleptocratic nature of the Putin regime; as a result, analysis of vested interests and informal sources of power is essential to understanding public policy in contemporary Russia. This book will be an invaluable resource for anyone working on policy and corruption in Putin's Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna L. Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501724401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501724404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Anna L. Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979757682943,"sku":"9781501724404","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7dbf172-7a26-43a8-8edb-59218686ba4a.jpg?v=1683246796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/politics-under-the-influence-anna-l-bailey-9781501724404","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}