Joel M Ostrow
Biographic Data
| ID | 4191481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel M Ostrow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel M |
| FAMILY NAME | Ostrow |
| SIGNATURE | OSTROW J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3564-0238 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Consolidation of Dictatorship in Russia
The still-prevailing notion among Western powers, including the United States, is that Russia is a democracy, or at least that it remains in the process of democratization. Nothing could be further from the truth, as Ostrow, Satarov, and Khakamada demonstrate inThe Consolidation of Dictatorship in Russia. Journalists critical of Vladimir Putin's dictatorship, such as Anna Politkovskaya, are murdered. Nearly 100 investigative journalists, an avera…
Leadership, Democracy and Society
PRESIDENT BORIS EL'TSIN'S EXIT from Russia's political scene triggered a widespread urge to evaluate. But while the urge seemed universal, the focus of the evaluations was not. Certainly, El'tsin's presidency was a natural choice. He had promised to build democracy and a market economy-how did he do compared with other first post-communist leaders? It also seemed natural to evaluate his successor Vladimir Putin, and his potential for success. Oth…
Conflict-Management in Russia's Federal Institutions
A political scientist examines factors leading to instability in the Russian legislative and executive branches. The article focuses on the design of Russia's "unlinked dual-channel" institutions-particularly, partisan factions and legislative committees in the Duma, and the presidential administration and government apparatus in the executive branch. Media sources and the author's personal interviews with Duma, Kremlin, and ministry officials ar…
Procedural breakdown and deadlock in the Russian State Duma
ONLY THREE MONTHS after T-72 tanks bombed the Russian Supreme Soviet into the past, the Russian electorate adopted a new Constitution and elected a new legislature in December 1993.1 In spite of all the change, though, it may appear that little has changed for Russia's legislature. The new State Duma shares many of its unfortunate predecessor's characteristics: its large membership is dispersed among roughly two dozen committees, ambiguity persis…
Institutional design and legislative conflict
This article develops a comparative institutional framework for evaluating the new legislatures of the former Soviet Union, and demonstrates that the conventional wisdom about the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet is wrong. It was not a totalitarian, Soviet institution whose omnipotent and malevolent Chair singlehandedly dominated policy outputs and controlled the membership. Rather, the Supreme Soviet's non-partisan, committee-centered design en…
Procedural breakdown and deadlock in the Russian State Duma
ONLY THREE MONTHS after T-72 tanks bombed the Russian Supreme Soviet into the past, the Russian electorate adopted a new Constitution and elected a new legislature in December 1993.1 In spite of all the change, though, it may appear that little has changed for Russia's legislature. The new State Duma shares many of its unfortunate predecessor's characteristics: its large membership is dispersed among roughly two dozen committees, ambiguity persis…
Conflict-Management in Russia's Federal Institutions
A political scientist examines factors leading to instability in the Russian legislative and executive branches. The article focuses on the design of Russia's "unlinked dual-channel" institutions-particularly, partisan factions and legislative committees in the Duma, and the presidential administration and government apparatus in the executive branch. Media sources and the author's personal interviews with Duma, Kremlin, and ministry officials ar…
Institutional design and legislative conflict
This article develops a comparative institutional framework for evaluating the new legislatures of the former Soviet Union, and demonstrates that the conventional wisdom about the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet is wrong. It was not a totalitarian, Soviet institution whose omnipotent and malevolent Chair singlehandedly dominated policy outputs and controlled the membership. Rather, the Supreme Soviet's non-partisan, committee-centered design en…
Institutional design and legislative conflict
This article develops a comparative institutional framework for evaluating the new legislatures of the former Soviet Union, and demonstrates that the conventional wisdom about the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet is wrong. It was not a totalitarian, Soviet institution whose omnipotent and malevolent Chair singlehandedly dominated policy outputs and controlled the membership. Rather, the Supreme Soviet's non-partisan, committee-centered design en…
Procedural breakdown and deadlock in the Russian State Duma
ONLY THREE MONTHS after T-72 tanks bombed the Russian Supreme Soviet into the past, the Russian electorate adopted a new Constitution and elected a new legislature in December 1993.1 In spite of all the change, though, it may appear that little has changed for Russia's legislature. The new State Duma shares many of its unfortunate predecessor's characteristics: its large membership is dispersed among roughly two dozen committees, ambiguity persis…
Leadership, Democracy and Society
PRESIDENT BORIS EL'TSIN'S EXIT from Russia's political scene triggered a widespread urge to evaluate. But while the urge seemed universal, the focus of the evaluations was not. Certainly, El'tsin's presidency was a natural choice. He had promised to build democracy and a market economy-how did he do compared with other first post-communist leaders? It also seemed natural to evaluate his successor Vladimir Putin, and his potential for success. Oth…
Conflict-Management in Russia's Federal Institutions
A political scientist examines factors leading to instability in the Russian legislative and executive branches. The article focuses on the design of Russia's "unlinked dual-channel" institutions-particularly, partisan factions and legislative committees in the Duma, and the presidential administration and government apparatus in the executive branch. Media sources and the author's personal interviews with Duma, Kremlin, and ministry officials ar…
The Consolidation of Dictatorship in Russia
The still-prevailing notion among Western powers, including the United States, is that Russia is a democracy, or at least that it remains in the process of democratization. Nothing could be further from the truth, as Ostrow, Satarov, and Khakamada demonstrate inThe Consolidation of Dictatorship in Russia. Journalists critical of Vladimir Putin's dictatorship, such as Anna Politkovskaya, are murdered. Nearly 100 investigative journalists, an avera…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Communism (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Dual (grammatical number (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Economics (2 works)