HOW RUSSIA VOTES

In this ground-breaking study, Stephen White, Richard Rose, and Ian McAllister analyze the momentous sequence of elections held during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Federation. Declaring Russia a &BAD:"late entrant to the world of free elections&BAD:" that still lags behind its postcommunist neighbors, the authors trace the progress of democratization by examining data from the nationwide New Russia Barometer surveys.

Tables and Figures

viii

(3)

Introduction: Coming Late to Free Elections

xi

(1)

Significance of Russian Elections

xii

(2)

Objectives of the Book

xiv

(5)

Acknowledgments

xix

1. Elections Soviet Style

1

(20)

The Significance of Choice and Accountability

3

(4)

The Marxist-Leninist Inheritance

7

(7)

A Negotiated Relationship

14

(7)

2. Opening Pandora's Box: The First Competitive Elections

21

(20)

Electing the USSR Congress of Deputies in 1989

22

(7)

Elections in the Republics in 1990

29

(6)

Electing a Russian President in 1991

35

(6)

3. What Can Influence Russian Voters?

41

(28)

Political Attitudes in Postcommunist Russia

43

(15)

Economic Influences in Postcommunist Russia

58

(6)

Social Structure

64

(5)

4. Referendum or Opinion Poll?

69

(18)

The Referendum in Soviet Political Thought

70

(3)

The Soviet and Russian Referendums of March 1991

73

(4)

The Russian Referendum of April 1993

77

(4)

Voting in the April Referendum

81

(6)

5. A Weak Yes for a Constitution

87

(20)

Toward a New Russian Constitution

88

(4)

The October Crisis and a Draft Constitution

92

(6)

Voting and Voters in the December Referendum

98

(9)

6. Electing a Parliament

107

(24)

The Contenders

109

(7)

The Campaign

116

(4)

The Results

120

(11)

7. Mobilizing Demobilized Russians

131

(22)

The Absence of Party Identification

134

(7)

Who Supports Which Party?

141

(6)

Patterns of Party Competition

147

(6)

8. Boris Yeltsin and the Russian Presidency

153

(22)

The Emergence of a Russian Presidency

154

(4)

The Yeltsin Presidency

158

(7)

Russians and the Yeltsin Presidency

165

(10)

9. Taking Positions for the 1995 Duma Election

175

(22)

Policies and Politics

177

(6)

Forming, Reforming, and Abandoning Parties

183

(6)

Negotiating the Election Law

189

(8)

10. The 1995 Duma Campaign

197

(22)

Parties as Irrational Actors

198

(6)

Parties and Candidates

204

(8)

The Media Campaign

212

(7)

11. Russians Vote Against

219

(22)

Consequences of Irrational Parties

222

(7)

Profiles of Party Voters

229

(6)

Interpreting the Results

235

(6)

12. Competition between Regimes: Yeltsin vs. Zyuganov

241

(30)

A Competitive but Not Consolidated Democracy

242

(3)

A Polarizing Campaign

245

(14)

Finishing First--Barely

259

(4)

A Forced Choice

263

(3)

No Turning Back

266

(5)

Appendix A. The Surveys

271

(9)

New Russia Barometer II

274

(2)

New Russia Barometer III

276

(1)

New Russia Barometer V

277

(3)

Appendix B. Definitions of Variables

280

(10)

Political Attitudes

280

(6)

Economic Attitudes

286

(2)

Social Structure

288

(2)

Appendix C. Methods

290

(5)

References

295

(23)

Index of Names

318

(5)

Index of Subjects

323

(9)

About the Authors

332

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials