When Majorities Fail: The Russian Parliament, 1990 1993

by Josephine T. Andrews

Book Overview

This study of institutional failure in Russia's first democratic legislature claims that inadequate rules and a chaotic party system combined to make it nearly impossible for the legislature to pass a coherent legislative program, including a new constitution. It studies a peculiar form of chaos; cycling; that can exist in majority rule institutions when institutional rules are weak. It identifies cycling in an important institutional setting--the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521030595
• ISBN13: 9780521030595
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"