Politics under the Influence: Vodka and Public Policy in Putin's Russia by Anna

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"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...

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"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 Politics under the Influence breaks new ground in the analysis of Russian alcoholism and the politics of the Putin regime.The 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. Politics under the Influence 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. Politics under the Influence 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.

Author Biography

Anna L. Bailey worked for the UK civil service for four years and then as an English teacher in Kazan before graduate study at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Contradictions of Alcohol Policy1. Feeding the State: Vodka from Tsarism to Communism2. Soviet Policy Doublethink3. The Parasites Feed: State Capture under Yeltsin4. Regaining State Control under Putin5. The Judo Gang: Informal Networks and Perceptions of Power6. An All-Powerful Regulator7. Beer: The New Pretender on the Russian Alcohol Market8. The Brewer's Nemesis in the Duma9. "Vodka Is Our Enemy, but Who Said We're Afraid of Enemies?"10. From Illegality to Demography: Alcohol Policy Paradigms11. The New Antialcohol Network12. Medveded and the Antialcohol Initiative13. Alcohol Policy as Battleground: The 2011 Alcohol Law14. The Campaign is Over, but the Battle ContinuesConclusion: What Alcohol Tells Us about Russian PoliticsAppendix 1: Methodology and Research MethodsAppendix 2: List of Respondents and Statements in the Public DomainAppendix 3: List of Interview QuestionsNotesBibliography

Review

This is a well-constructed, detailed study of recent governmental action regarding alcohol in Russia with relevance for political scientists, public health researchers, historians, and policymakers. Bailey does an excellent job, using a vast array of sources woven together in convincing narratives, of bringing illumination to the "black box" of public policy construction under Putin. * The Russian Review *In this detailed analysis of the Russian state's ambivalent attitude toward vodka, Anna Bailey argues that excessive alcohol consumption has plagued Russian society for centuries. * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *This is a well-researched, useful and practical analysis of a problem which has beset Russia for centuries: how to control the Russian love of alcohol—given its highly negative effect on public order and the country's demographic situation—without significantly endangering the income that it produces in the form of (paid) taxes that contribute to the country's economic and social development? * Europe-Asia Studies *

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"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 Politics under the Influence breaks new ground in the analysis of Russian alcoholism and the politics of the Putin regime. The 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. Politics under the Influence 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. Politics under the Influence 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.

Review Quote

"This is a well-researched, useful and practical analysis of a problem which has beset Russia for centuries: how to control the Russian love of alcohol--given its highly negative effect on public order and the country's demographic situation--without significantly endangering the income that it produces in the form of (paid) taxes that contribute to the country's economic and social development?"

Details ISBN1501724401 Author Anna L. Bailey Pages 264 Publisher Cornell University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 1501724401 ISBN-13 9781501724404 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-09-15 Audience Age 18 Imprint Cornell University Press Subtitle Vodka and Public Policy in Putin's Russia Place of Publication Ithaca Country of Publication United States DEWEY 353.37 Short Title Politics under the Influence Language English UK Release Date 2018-09-15 AU Release Date 2018-09-15 NZ Release Date 2018-09-15 US Release Date 2018-09-15 Illustrations 6 Graphs Alternative 9781501724374 Audience General We've got this

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