Moscow, Europe Publishing House, 2006, pp 60
«In the beginning, there was a Word…» It took sovereign democracy only a few months to pass the usually long way from public reflections of its author, Vladislav Surkov, to a holistic concept. During this time, the majority of the political class and expert community have been drawn into the orbit of its influence. The West has recognized it as a new identity of Russian elite. Today, sovereign democracy constitutes the foundation of the program of Unified Russia and the basis of the ideology of Russian conservatism.
How did it all happen? What is sovereign democracy? How and whence did this term emerge? What does it mean for
Russian political scientists who directly participated in elaboration of this doctrine are answering these and other questions in this collection of articles.
