| Title: |
ELECTIONS WITHOUT ORDER: Russia's Challenge to Vladimir Putin
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| Author: |
Richard Rose and Neil Munro
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| Description: |
Cambridge University Press 2002.
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An important, original and exceptionally lucid book, conceptually innovative and especially valuable in its analyses of recent trends in Russian public opinion.
<br />- George W. Breslauer, U. of California, Berkeley
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
<strong><a href="ewointro.shtml">Introduction THE REALITY OF RUSSIA</a> </strong><br />
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The meaning of order. A partly transformed society.
1 A DISORDERLY LEGACY <br />
Disorderly rule under many regimes. The disorderly creation of the Russian Federation. An economy with too much money and not enough order.
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2 DEMOCRATIZATION BACKWARDS <br />
Creating modern and anti-modern states. Realizing the democratic potential of modern states. Contrasts in post-Communist contexts. Alternative outcomes.
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3 WHAT RUSSIANS HAVE MADE OF TRANSFORMATION <br />
How good were the good old days? Coping with a disorderly society. Regimes: Matching supply and demand.
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4 PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION: A FAMILY PROBLEM <br />
A feeble state: Yeltsin's second term. Search for a third alternative. Bombshells--metaphorical and otherwise. Putin's popularity takes off.
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5 PARTIES WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY <br />
Four systems of parties. Why Duma elections matter. Scrambling to form parties.
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6 A FLOATING SYSTEM OF PARTIES <br />
Getting on the ballot. Competing to fill a vacuum. Multiple outcomes.
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7 IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATION ON DUMA VOTERS <br />
Transformation influences. Ideologies and party choice. Equilibrium influences. Transformation most important for party choice.
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8 FROM ACTING TO ELECTED PRESIDENT <br />
Laying on of hands. Tying up a winning coalition. Confirmation without campaigning. Multiple influences on presidential choice.
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9 CAMPAIGNING AND GOVERNING <br />
Winning the rating war. Centralizing power. Disciplining wild capitalism. Going international--before and after September 11. Putin's limited impact on Russians.
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10 IN SEARCH OF AN EQUILIBRIUM <br />
Rule of law in short supply. An hourglass not a civil society. An absence of accountability. Matching supply and demand. Settling down differently.
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27 tables 39 figures Appendices
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<strong>PAPERBACK COPY</strong>. <a href="view_item.php?id=409">Hardback copy</a> is also available.
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| Price: |
£15.00
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| Postal Address: |
CSPP Publications, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XQ, UK |
