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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449665803321

Autore

Rose Richard <1933->

Titolo

Elections without order : Russia's challenge to Vladimir Putin / / Richard Rose and Neil Monro [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-13432-3

1-280-42000-6

0-511-18037-3

1-139-14831-1

0-511-06514-0

0-511-05881-0

0-511-33096-0

0-511-49214-6

0-511-07360-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

324/.0947

Soggetti

Elections - Russia (Federation)

Political parties - Russia (Federation)

Representative government and representation - Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A disorderly history -- Democratization backwards -- What Russians make of transformation -- Presidential succession: a 'family' problem -- Parties without accountability -- A floating system of parties -- Influences on the Duma voters -- From acting to elected president -- Campaigning and governing -- In search of an equilibium.

Sommario/riassunto

Russians want both free elections and order, but order - a sense of predictability in everyday life and the rule of law - has been in short supply. This is the challenge that Russia presents to Vladimir Putin. This 2002 book is about Russia's attempt to achieve democratization backwards, holding elections without having created a modern state. It examines the multiplication of parties that do not hold the Kremlin



accountable; the success of Vladimir Putin in offering a 'third way' alternative to the Communist Party and the Yeltsin family; the president's big but vague election mandate; the popular appeal and limits of Putin's coalition; and what the Russian people make of the combination of free elections and disorderly government. Russia is evaluated from the point of view of ordinary Russians, using clear figures and tables drawn from the rich resources of a decade of New Russia Barometer surveys of public opinion.