Popular Choice and Managed Democracy : the Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000 Paperback / softback
by Timothy J. Colton, Michael McFaul
Paperback / softback
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:330 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date:04/11/2003
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- ISBN:9780815715351
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:330 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date:04/11/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780815715351