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

di Timothy J. Colton (Autore)

Michael McFaul (Autore)

Rowman & Littlefield, 2003

"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. "

• Autore: Timothy J. Colton, Michael McFaul
• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Anno: 2003
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 330 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 454 gr.
• EAN: 9780815715351

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