Politics Under the Influence: Vodka and Public Policy in Putin's Russia

Author/Contributor(s):	Bailey, Anna L
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	09/15/2018
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"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...