ELECTIONS WITHOUT ORDER: Russia's Challenge to Vladimir Putin
Title: | ELECTIONS WITHOUT ORDER: Russia's Challenge to Vladimir Putin |
Author: | Richard Rose and Neil Munro |
Description: | Cambridge University Press 2002.
An important, original and exceptionally lucid book, conceptually innovative and especially valuable in its analyses of recent trends in Russian public opinion. - George W. Breslauer, U. of California, Berkeley Table of ContentsIntroduction THE REALITY OF RUSSIAThe meaning of order. A partly transformed society. 1 A DISORDERLY LEGACY Disorderly rule under many regimes. The disorderly creation of the Russian Federation. An economy with too much money and not enough order. 2 DEMOCRATIZATION BACKWARDS Creating modern and anti-modern states. Realizing the democratic potential of modern states. Contrasts in post-Communist contexts. Alternative outcomes. 3 WHAT RUSSIANS HAVE MADE OF TRANSFORMATION How good were the good old days? Coping with a disorderly society. Regimes: Matching supply and demand. 4 PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION: A FAMILY PROBLEM A feeble state: Yeltsin's second term. Search for a third alternative. Bombshells--metaphorical and otherwise. Putin's popularity takes off. 5 PARTIES WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY Four systems of parties. Why Duma elections matter. Scrambling to form parties. 6 A FLOATING SYSTEM OF PARTIES Getting on the ballot. Competing to fill a vacuum. Multiple outcomes. 7 IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATION ON DUMA VOTERS Transformation influences. Ideologies and party choice. Equilibrium influences. Transformation most important for party choice. 8 FROM ACTING TO ELECTED PRESIDENT Laying on of hands. Tying up a winning coalition. Confirmation without campaigning. Multiple influences on presidential choice. 9 CAMPAIGNING AND GOVERNING Winning the rating war. Centralizing power. Disciplining wild capitalism. Going international--before and after September 11. Putin's limited impact on Russians. 10 IN SEARCH OF AN EQUILIBRIUM Rule of law in short supply. An hourglass not a civil society. An absence of accountability. Matching supply and demand. Settling down differently. 27 tablesĀ 39 figuresĀ Appendices PAPERBACK COPY. Hardback copy is also available. |
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