Candidate strategies and electoral competition in the Russian Federation : democracy without foundation /

In the early 1990s, competitive elections in the Russian Federation signaled the end of 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 democr...

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Main Author: Smyth, Regina, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Series:Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Elections and the development of democratic capacity
  • One step forward, two steps back: Russia's failed consolidation in comparative context
  • The microfoundations of Democratic responsiveness: candidate strategies and electoral infrastructure
  • Many candidates, few choices
  • To join or not to join: candidate affiliation in transitional Russia
  • Finding fit: candidates and their districts
  • Campaigning for the duma: mixed markets, mixed messages
  • Democrats, democratic transitions, and Russian democracy.