Killer Bodies by Michael Fleeman
Who rules Russia? This question is generated by President Vladimir Putin's most ambitious reform program to date_his attempt since 2000 to reshape the Russian federation, centralize much of the power lost by the Kremlin to the eighty-nine regional governors during the 1990s, and strengthen his weak grip on Russia's institutions and political elite. In The Dynamics of Russian Politics Russian and Western authors from the fields of political science, economics, ethnology, law, and journalism examine the reform's impact on key areas of Russian life, including big business, law enforcement, corruption, political party development, health care, local government, small business, and ethnic relations. Volume I presents the historical context and an overview of the reforms, then tracks how Putin's plans were implemented and resisted across each of the seven new federal okrugs, or megaregions, into which he divided Russia. In particular, the authors analyze the goals and contrasting political styles of his seven commissars and how their often-concealed struggles with the more independent and determined governors played out. Volume I examines the impact of these reforms on Russia's main political institutions; the increasingly assertive business community; and the defense, police, and security ministries. It also analyzes how the reforms have affected such key policy areas as local government, health care, political party development, the battle against corruption, small business, ethnic relations, and the ongoing Chechen war. Together, the two volumes simultaneously reveal that Putin's successes have been much more limited and ambiguous than is widely believed in the West while offering detailed and nuanced answers to the difficult but crucial question: Who rules Russia?Michael Fleeman is a freelance writer and editor living in Los Angeles, and the author of many true-crime books published by St. Martin's Press. The Stranger in My Bed, a New York Times bestseller, and Crazy for You, on the Andrea Sneiderman murder case in Atlanta, are both published by St. Martin's Press. Fleeman starred in the second season of Investigation Discovery's Tabloid, a true-crime drama series. Fleeman, a graduate of UC Berkeley and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, was previously the West Coast Editor of PEOPLE.com, where he oversaw entertainment and crime/human interest reporting for the website of PEOPLE magazine in Los Angeles. Previous to that, he worked as an Associated Press reporter in Los Angeles and New Jersey, covering the O.J. Simpson case.
General assignment and entertainment, including the trials of O.J. Simpson and Timothy McVeigh. Fleeman has covered all of the major award events and film festivals, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Emmys, Grammys, and SAG Awards, and his work has been recognized by the Los Angeles Press Club on numerous occasions.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780312942021 |
| ISBN 10 | 0312942028 |
| Title | Killer Bodies |
| Author | Michael Fleeman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2008-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 282 |
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