Candidate Strategies and Electoral Competition in the Russian Federation: Democracy Without Foundation

by Regina Smyth

Book Overview

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 democratic experiment. Russia's experience with new elections is not unique but it does challenge existing theories of democratic consolidation by showing that competitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107404827
• ISBN13: 9781107404823
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"