Popular Choice and Managed Democracy - The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000

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Twice in the winter of 1999-2000, citizens of the Russian Federation flocked to their neighborhood voting stations and scratched their ballots in an atmosphere of uncertainty, rancor, and fear. This book is a tale of these two elections-one for the 450-seat Duma, the other for President. Despite financial crisis, a national security emergency in Chechnya, and cabinet instability, Russian voters unexpectedly supported the status quo. The elected lawmakers prepared to cooperate with the executive branch, a gift that had eluded President Boris Yeltsin since he imposed a post-Soviet constitution by referendum in 1993. When Yeltsin retired six months in advance of schedule, the presidential mantle went to Vladimir Putin-a career KGB officer who fused new and old ways of doing politics. Putin was easily elected President in his own right. This book demonstrates key trends in an extinct superpower, a troubled country in whose stability, modernization, and openness to the international community the West still has a huge stake."

About the author

By Timothy J. Colton and Michael McFaul

Summary

Twice in the winter of 1999-2000, citizens of the Russian Federation flocked to their neighborhood voting stations and scratched their ballots in an atmosphere of uncertainty, rancor, and fear.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy J. Colton, Colton Timothy J., Michael McFaul, McFaul Michael
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.11.2003
• EAN: 9780815715351
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-1535-1
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Eastern Europe, Politics & government, Political campaigning & advertising, Elections & referenda, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet