Virtual Politics: Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World.

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Virtual Politics: Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World By Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005, 352 pages

Foreign Affairs had this description of this book. "By fair means or foul (mostly foul), regimes throughout the post-Soviet region have mastered the art of simulated democratic politics, replete with fake political parties, spectral politicians, illusory competition, and manipulated outcomes. Because real...