Staging Democracy

Political Performance in Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond

Jessica Pisano (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

252 Seiten

2022
Northern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-6420-2 (ISBN)

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Focusing on the experiences of people in Russia and Ukraine, Staging Democracy shows how some national leaders' seeming popularity rests on local economic compacts. Jessica 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.

Pisano looks at elections whose outcome was known in advance, protests for hire, and smaller mises en scène 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.

Staging Democracy 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.

Jessica Pisano is Professor of Politics at the New School for Social Research and a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow. She is the author of The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village.

Introduction: Performances of Democracy
1. Researching Political Theater
2. History of the Form
3. Setting the Stage
4. Staging Performances
5. Improvisation
6. Meanings of Participation
7. States of Ambiguity
Conclusion: A New Social Contract

Erscheinungsdatum	04.06.2022
Reihe/Serie	NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-5017-6420-9 / 1501764209
ISBN-13	978-1-5017-6420-2 / 9781501764202
Zustand	Neuware