Despite a propaganda programme intent on maintaining the cliche of stability, Putin's regime was suddenly confronted in December 2011 by a public protest movement that told a different side of the story. The author argues that Putinism has brought economic growth to Russia but also weaker institutions, and this contradiction leads to instability.
Ben Judah Boeken
1 januari 1988
Ben Judah is een schrijver wiens werk zich verdiept in de complexiteit van de moderne wereld, vaak met een focus op de politieke en sociale landschappen die hij heeft verkend door uitgebreide reizen. Zijn proza kenmerkt zich door scherpe observatie en inzichtelijke analyse, en biedt lezers een genuanceerd perspectief op hedendaagse kwesties.
This is Europe
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- 18 uur lezen
A portrait of Europe as it has never been seen before, told through twenty extraordinary stories of the people who live and breathe it.
London is a global city. More than half of those who live in the UK's capital came from somewhere else - and most arrived in the last ten years. Migration is transforming London, for better and for worse. Ben Judah turns his reporter's eye on home, immersing himself in the hidden world of the city's immigrants - from the richest to the poorest - to discover the complex and varied individuals who are making London what it is today