Parliamentary Elections in Russia - A Quarter-Century of Multiparty Politics

In the first long-term analysis of Russian parliamentary elections, Hutcheson explores the country's seven rounds of election since 1993. Through the twists and turns of political reform, he combines official data, primary material and in-depth analysis to investigate the changes in Russia's political system.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Russian Parliamentary Elections 1993-16: An Overview


• 2: The Framework of Russian Elections


• 3: The Party System


• 4: On the Campaign Trail


• 5: Mobilising the Vote


• 6: Voting in Parliamentary Elections


• 7: How Legitimate are Russia's Parliamentary Elections?


• Conclusions

About the author

Derek Hutcheson is Associate Professor of Political Science at Malmö University, Sweden. He has published extensively on electoral politics, particularly of the post-Soviet region, and on the electoral rights of transnational citizens. Prior to working in Sweden, he was head of European Studies at University College Dublin from 2006 to 2013 and an ESRC and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Glasgow University (2002-05). In association with his involvement in the Global Citizenship Observatory (formerly EUDO-Citizenship), he was also invited to spend several months at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence as an EU Research Fellow in 2016.

Summary

In the first long-term analysis of Russian parliamentary elections, Hutcheson explores the country's seven rounds of election since 1993. Through the twists and turns of political reform, he combines official data, primary material and in-depth analysis to investigate the changes in Russia's political system.

Product details

• Authors: Derek S Hutcheson, Derek S. (Associate Professor Hutcheson, Hutcheson Derek S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.04.2018
• EAN: 9780197266281
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726628-1
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: British Academy Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Elections & referenda, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, History and Archaeology, Elections and referenda / suffrage, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet