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 Knihy
1. január 1988
Ben Judah je autor, ktorého dielo sa ponára do zložitosti moderného sveta, často so zameraním na politickú a spoločenskú oblasť, ktorú preskúmal prostredníctvom rozsiahleho cestovania. Jeho próza sa vyznačuje bystrým pozorovaním a prenikavou analýzou, ktorá čitateľom ponúka citlivý pohľad na súčasné problémy.
This is Europe
- 502 stránok
- 18 hodin čítania
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