Candidate Strategies and Electoral Competition in the Russian Federation: Democracy without Foundation (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
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Artikelnummer:
9780521846905
Veröffentlichungsdatum:
2006
Einband:
Gebundene Ausgabe
Seiten:
260
Autor:
Regina Smyth
Gewicht:
490 g
SKU:
INF1000195878
Sprache:
Englisch
Langbeschreibung
In the early 1990s, competitive elections in the Russian Federation signaled the end to the authoritarian political system dominated by a single political party. More than ten years and many elections later, a single party led by Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens to end Russia's democratic experiment. Russia's experience with new elections is not unique but it does challenge existing theories of democratic consolidation by showing that competitive elections cannot guarantee successful democratic consolidation. This book explores the conditions under which electoral competition contributes to democratic development.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Elections and the development of democratic capacity; 2. One step forward, two steps back: Russia's failed consolidation in comparative context; 3. The micro-foundations of democratic responsiveness: candidate strategies and electoral infrastructure; 4. Many candidates, few choices; 5. To join or not to join: candidate affiliation in transitional Russia; 6. Finding fit: candidates and their districts; 7. Campaigning for the Duma: mixed markets, mixed messages; 8. Democrats, democratic transitions, and Russian democracy.