ELECTIONS ETHNIC FACTOR AND PATR - Anatomy of Loyalty

There are many intricacies of elections within Russian ethnic republics and political loyalty in these regions. The ethnic republics support the Russian president and the ruling party to a significantly greater degree than the national average and serve as crucial regional pillars in maintaining the stability of electoral authoritarianism.

List of contents

CHAPTER 1
The First Step Towards Theory Building: Expert Interviews
CHAPTER 2
Chained by One Chain: Mechanisms of Electoral Mobilization at the Local Level
CHAPTER 3
The Ethnic Factor, Patronal Networks, and the Logic of Electoral Choice: Theory and Hypotheses
CHAPTER 4
The First Shock: Language Reform and the 2018 Russian Presidential Elections
CHAPTER 5
Who Is to Blame? The Attribution of Responsibility as a Factor in Titular Ethnic Groups' Electoral Behavior
CHAPTER 6
'Varangians' and the Old Guard: Causes of Patronal Network Weakening
Conclusion
Appendix

About the author

Stanislav Shkel is Professor of Political Science at HSE-University (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). He previously authored Post-Soviet Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective (2014, in Russian). He has also written articles for Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, Russian Politics, East European Politics, as well as non-academic outlets including PONARS and Republic.

Summary

There are many intricacies of elections within Russian ethnic republics and political loyalty in these regions. The ethnic republics support the Russian president and the ruling party to a significantly greater degree than the national average and serve as crucial regional pillars in maintaining the stability of electoral authoritarianism.

Product details

• Authors: Stanislav Shkel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032967691
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3296769-1
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Studies in Contemporary Russia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Elections & referenda, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), Marxism & Communism, Political parties and party platforms, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity