{"product_id":"staging-democracy-jessica-pisano-9781501764202","title":"Staging Democracy: Political Performance in Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFocusing on the experiences of people in Russia and Ukraine, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStaging Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e shows how some national leaders' seeming popularity rests on local economic compacts. \u003c\/b\u003eJessica Pisano draws on long-term research in rural communities and company towns, analyzing how local political and business leaders, seeking favor from incumbent politicians, used salaries, benefits, and public infrastructure to pressure citizens to participate in command performances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePisano looks at elections whose outcome was known in advance, protests for hire, and smaller mises en sc鈩e to explain why people participate, what differs from spectacle in totalitarian societies, how political theater exists in both authoritarian and democratic systems, and how such performances reshape understandings of the role of politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStaging Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e moves beyond Russia and Ukraine to offer a novel economic argument for why some people support Putin and similar politicians. Pisano suggests we can analyze politics in both democracies and authoritarian regimes using the same analytical lens of political theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Pisano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501764209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501764202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Jessica Pisano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073718153471,"sku":"9781501764202","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52023095-632e-47db-bb72-0bf25bcba03a.jpg?v=1685449489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/staging-democracy-jessica-pisano-9781501764202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}