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."

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Timothy J. Colton, Michael McFaul

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Timothy J. Colton, Michael Mcfaul, Colton Timothy J., McFaul Michael
• Editore: Brookings Institution Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 04.11.2003
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia
• EAN: 9780815715351
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-1535-1
• Numero di pagine: 330
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 537 g
• Categorie: Europe, Eastern Europe, Politics & government, Empires & historical states, Politics and government, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas, Elections and referenda / suffrage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet