Cameron Ross
Biographic Data
| ID | 5933599 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cameron Ross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cameron |
| FAMILY NAME | Ross |
| SIGNATURE | ROSS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dundee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 142 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Mobilized voting’ versus ‘performance voting’ in electoral autocracies: Territorial variations in the levels of support for the systemic opposition parties in Russian municipalities
The main task of authoritarian elections is to guarantee the survival of the regime. Achieving this goal, authoritarian rulers rely on authoritarian electoral mobilization that is employed by political machines, targeted mostly on poor and dependent voters. At the same time, since electoral autocracies permit opposition parties, those voters, who avoid mobilization, are able to make a choice between the government and the opposition. If they are …
The impact of modernization on the levels of electoral and party contestation in Russian regions
This study examines the impact of modernization on the levels of electoral and party contestation in Russia’s 85 regions. By employing cluster and regression analysis, our study shows that modernization does have a positive impact on the degrees of political pluralism in Russia’s regions. This applies not only to simple tools reflecting the levels of region-wide support for pluralism and a multiparty system, from the general population, but also …
Volatility in Electoral Support for United Russia: Cross-Regional Variations in Putin’s Electoral Authoritarian Regime
Grounded in the main theoretical approaches to the study of electoral volatility, this article examines cross-regional variations in the levels of volatility for United Russia (UR) in Duma elections over the period 2003–2016, which are juxtaposed with the level of volatility for the Kremlin’s candidates in presidential elections. The main finding is that ‘regime type’ or, more precisely, ‘authoritarianism’ is the key explanatory variable. Stronge…
The range and limitation of sub-national regime variations under electoral authoritarianism: The case of Russia
As has been demonstrated by scholars, different levels of a polity may encompass different political regimes. In this study we examine variations in regional political regimes which have developed under Russia's system of electoral authoritarianism. Comparing the results of two cycles of regional assembly elections (2008–12 and 2013–17) we analyse and compare elections results and levels of electoral contestation in both the party list (PL) and s…
Party Reforms and the Unbalancing of the Cleavage Structure in Russian Regional Elections, 2012–2015
This study analyses the influence of the party reforms of 2012 and the ‘counter-reforms’ of 2013–2014 on the Russian party system, and the structure of political and electoral cleavages in Russian regions. The emergence of new political parties in 2012–2013 led to a temporary increase in electoral competition, an augmentation of the political space, and a rise in the number of electoral cleavages, but these developments did not weaken the dominat…
The dynamic nationalisation of voting for United Russia: The Stability / Instability of Regional Deviations From National Results
Based on the results of Duma and Presidential elections over the period 2003–2016, this article examines cross-regional variation in static and dynamic nationalisation of voting for United Russia (UR). The main finding is that in an overwhelming majority of Russian regions, a high level of static nationalisation is accompanied by a high level of dynamic nationalisation. In most of the regions, voting for UR rises or falls in a consistent manner a…
Levels of Centralisation and Autonomy in Russia’s ‘Party of Power’: Cross-Regional Variations
The institutionalization and nationalisation of Russia’s party system, which is dominated by United Russia (UR), has played a major role in the building of Putin’s ‘power vertical’. Nevertheless, despite the fact that formal relations within United Russia are highly centralized, informal practices allow for far greater degrees of regional autonomy. Focusing on UR’s candidate selection for the 2011 Duma election this paper provides an examination …
The Middle Class and Democratisation in Russia
In December 2011, ‘a volcano of social activism that had long been dormant started to erupt in Russia’ (Petrov 2012). A tidal wave of mass protest movements swept through the capital and then engul
State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia
1. State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia Cameron Ross 2. Political Opposition in Russia: A Troubled Transformation Vladimir Gel'man 3. Questioning Control and Contestation in Late Putinite Russia Richard Sakwa 4. The Calculus of Non-Protest in Russia: Redistributive Expectations from Political Reforms Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov 5. Lost in Transition? The Geography of Protests and Atti…
State Against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia
Regional Elections and Electoral Malpractice in Russia: The Manipulation of Electoral Rules, Voters, and Votes
This study examines the democratic integrity of nine rounds of Russian regional assembly elections which were held over the period October 2008-September 2013. It provides a detailed examination of Birch’s three key aspects of electoral malpractice: the manipulation of rules, the manipulation of voters, and the manipulation of votes. The study demonstrates that elections in Russia have been far from “free and fair” and that the manipulation and f…
Russia after the Cold War
Sub-National Elections in Russia: Variations in United Russia's Domination of Regional Assemblies
This study examines the support for United Russia in 43 regional assembly elections which were conducted over the period from March 2008 to March 2011. In contrast to previous studies, which have tended to focus on the overall results of regional elections or just on the party-list votes, it provides a quantitative analysis of the votes for United Russia in the plural single member district contests. By widening the traditional focus on the aggre…
Introduction: Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev
Many authors have alluded to the unique nature of Russia's dual transition and its difficult task of simultaneously reforming its economy and polity. But there is in fact a third transition still f
The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in Russia's Regional Assemblies
In this essay I examine the problems of institutionalising and nationalising parties in Russia's regions and I trace the development of the party system from the period of fragmentation and high levels of volatility under Yel'tsin, to the monopolisation of power under Putin and Medvedev. In particular, I examine the party saturation and non-saturation of regional assemblies
Regional Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia
In this study I test the democratic integrity of regional assembly elections which were conducted in Russia over the period from December 2003 to March 2009. Whilst we should not fall into the elec
Federalism and Inter-governmental Relations in Russia
Since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin as President of the Russian Federation in 2000, the principles and practices of federalism have come under attack and we have witnessed a recentralisation of power in the Kremlin. Over the period 2003–6 a number of major laws were adopted that seriously weakened the powers and competencies of federal subjects. Moreover, any hopes that the centralizing initiatives of the Putin administration would be revers…
The tortuous path of local government reform in the Russian federation
This is an account of the evolution of Russian local government since the emergence of the Russian Federation as a sovereign state in 1991. The three major reforms of local government, in 1991, 1995 and 2003, are discussed in detail, showing how the notion of local autonomy and local government competences received recognition in the law of 1991, and how the principle of separation of local government from the administration of the state was ensh…
Perspectives on the Enlargement of the European Union
In a historic decision at its Copenhagen Conference in June 1993, the European Union gave the green light to an eastward expansion. Initially, invitations to join the EU went out to just six countries of the former Soviet bloc: Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak republics, Romania, and Bulgaria. However, it was not long before there was a queue of other applicants from Eastern Europe pressing at the EU’s gates. There were real fears in some qu…
The Transition from Communism to Capitalism: Ruling Elites from Gorbachev to Yeltsin
Introduction Soviet Society: Institutional Polyarchy PART I: POLITICAL ELITE DIVISION IN THE LATE USSR The CPSU Ruling Elite 1966-1991 The Central Committee Apparat 1981-1991 The Government Bureaucracy The Supreme Soviet of the USSR: From Fusion to Fission The Political Elite under Gorbachev: Cohesion and Division PART II: THE POST-SOVIET GOVERNING ELITES The Ascendant Elite: Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation 1990-1993 Muta…
Federalism and democratization in Russia
The scholarly literature on democratic transitions has largely ignored developments at the local level and the relationship between federalism and democracy. In this work I examine the development of federalism in Russia and I assess the impact of Russia’s highly asymmetrical form of federalism on democratisation. The study shows that federalism far from promoting democracy has allowed authoritarianism to flourish in many of Russia’s eighty nine …
The CPSU ruling elite 1981–1991: Commonalities and divisions
Based on detailed study of the career paths of 85 party secretaries and heads of departments of the Central Committee of the CPSU, in post between 1981 and 1991, distinctions are made between different types of officials and levels of personnel renewal in various sectors of the party's top administration. The communist party elite was not unitary but segmented, with important divisions and interests. A systemic characteristic of Soviet state soci…
The social background and political allegiance of the political elite of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR: The terminal stage, 1984 to 1991
OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF POWER in the Soviet Union, the popularly elected soviets were undoubtedly the weakest prior to the reforms instituted by Gorbachev. They were representative and affirmative bodies, rather than decision-making ones. Gorbachev's reforms in 1989, however, strengthened the soviets and weakened the other two pillars of power in the USSR-the party's apparat and the government executive, the Council of Ministers. The Supreme Sovie…
Limitations of party control
This paper demonstrates that the communist party, in terms of personnel, only partially penetrated the government bureaucracy in the USSR. Detailed biographies of 212 members of the Soviet government of ministerial status were analysed into four groups depending on their degree of party work experience, and further analysed in terms of their participation by type of ministry, including the military industrial complex, and by the time and tenure o…
Soviet Grassroots: Citizen Participation in Local Soviet Government
Sub-National Elections in Russia: Variations in United Russia's Domination of Regional Assemblies
This study examines the support for United Russia in 43 regional assembly elections which were conducted over the period from March 2008 to March 2011. In contrast to previous studies, which have tended to focus on the overall results of regional elections or just on the party-list votes, it provides a quantitative analysis of the votes for United Russia in the plural single member district contests. By widening the traditional focus on the aggre…
Regional Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia
In this study I test the democratic integrity of regional assembly elections which were conducted in Russia over the period from December 2003 to March 2009. Whilst we should not fall into the elec
The Middle Class and Democratisation in Russia
In December 2011, ‘a volcano of social activism that had long been dormant started to erupt in Russia’ (Petrov 2012). A tidal wave of mass protest movements swept through the capital and then engul
Federalism and democratization in Russia
The scholarly literature on democratic transitions has largely ignored developments at the local level and the relationship between federalism and democracy. In this work I examine the development of federalism in Russia and I assess the impact of Russia’s highly asymmetrical form of federalism on democratisation. The study shows that federalism far from promoting democracy has allowed authoritarianism to flourish in many of Russia’s eighty nine …
The range and limitation of sub-national regime variations under electoral authoritarianism: The case of Russia
As has been demonstrated by scholars, different levels of a polity may encompass different political regimes. In this study we examine variations in regional political regimes which have developed under Russia's system of electoral authoritarianism. Comparing the results of two cycles of regional assembly elections (2008–12 and 2013–17) we analyse and compare elections results and levels of electoral contestation in both the party list (PL) and s…
Federalism and Inter-governmental Relations in Russia
Since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin as President of the Russian Federation in 2000, the principles and practices of federalism have come under attack and we have witnessed a recentralisation of power in the Kremlin. Over the period 2003–6 a number of major laws were adopted that seriously weakened the powers and competencies of federal subjects. Moreover, any hopes that the centralizing initiatives of the Putin administration would be revers…
The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in Russia's Regional Assemblies
In this essay I examine the problems of institutionalising and nationalising parties in Russia's regions and I trace the development of the party system from the period of fragmentation and high levels of volatility under Yel'tsin, to the monopolisation of power under Putin and Medvedev. In particular, I examine the party saturation and non-saturation of regional assemblies
State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia
1. State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia Cameron Ross 2. Political Opposition in Russia: A Troubled Transformation Vladimir Gel'man 3. Questioning Control and Contestation in Late Putinite Russia Richard Sakwa 4. The Calculus of Non-Protest in Russia: Redistributive Expectations from Political Reforms Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov 5. Lost in Transition? The Geography of Protests and Atti…
Volatility in Electoral Support for United Russia: Cross-Regional Variations in Putin’s Electoral Authoritarian Regime
Grounded in the main theoretical approaches to the study of electoral volatility, this article examines cross-regional variations in the levels of volatility for United Russia (UR) in Duma elections over the period 2003–2016, which are juxtaposed with the level of volatility for the Kremlin’s candidates in presidential elections. The main finding is that ‘regime type’ or, more precisely, ‘authoritarianism’ is the key explanatory variable. Stronge…
The dynamic nationalisation of voting for United Russia: The Stability / Instability of Regional Deviations From National Results
Based on the results of Duma and Presidential elections over the period 2003–2016, this article examines cross-regional variation in static and dynamic nationalisation of voting for United Russia (UR). The main finding is that in an overwhelming majority of Russian regions, a high level of static nationalisation is accompanied by a high level of dynamic nationalisation. In most of the regions, voting for UR rises or falls in a consistent manner a…
Mobilized voting’ versus ‘performance voting’ in electoral autocracies: Territorial variations in the levels of support for the systemic opposition parties in Russian municipalities
The main task of authoritarian elections is to guarantee the survival of the regime. Achieving this goal, authoritarian rulers rely on authoritarian electoral mobilization that is employed by political machines, targeted mostly on poor and dependent voters. At the same time, since electoral autocracies permit opposition parties, those voters, who avoid mobilization, are able to make a choice between the government and the opposition. If they are …
The social background and political allegiance of the political elite of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR: The terminal stage, 1984 to 1991
OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF POWER in the Soviet Union, the popularly elected soviets were undoubtedly the weakest prior to the reforms instituted by Gorbachev. They were representative and affirmative bodies, rather than decision-making ones. Gorbachev's reforms in 1989, however, strengthened the soviets and weakened the other two pillars of power in the USSR-the party's apparat and the government executive, the Council of Ministers. The Supreme Sovie…
Levels of Centralisation and Autonomy in Russia’s ‘Party of Power’: Cross-Regional Variations
The institutionalization and nationalisation of Russia’s party system, which is dominated by United Russia (UR), has played a major role in the building of Putin’s ‘power vertical’. Nevertheless, despite the fact that formal relations within United Russia are highly centralized, informal practices allow for far greater degrees of regional autonomy. Focusing on UR’s candidate selection for the 2011 Duma election this paper provides an examination …
Soviet Grassroots: Citizen Participation in Local Soviet Government
Party Reforms and the Unbalancing of the Cleavage Structure in Russian Regional Elections, 2012–2015
This study analyses the influence of the party reforms of 2012 and the ‘counter-reforms’ of 2013–2014 on the Russian party system, and the structure of political and electoral cleavages in Russian regions. The emergence of new political parties in 2012–2013 led to a temporary increase in electoral competition, an augmentation of the political space, and a rise in the number of electoral cleavages, but these developments did not weaken the dominat…
The tortuous path of local government reform in the Russian federation
This is an account of the evolution of Russian local government since the emergence of the Russian Federation as a sovereign state in 1991. The three major reforms of local government, in 1991, 1995 and 2003, are discussed in detail, showing how the notion of local autonomy and local government competences received recognition in the law of 1991, and how the principle of separation of local government from the administration of the state was ensh…
The CPSU ruling elite 1981–1991: Commonalities and divisions
Based on detailed study of the career paths of 85 party secretaries and heads of departments of the Central Committee of the CPSU, in post between 1981 and 1991, distinctions are made between different types of officials and levels of personnel renewal in various sectors of the party's top administration. The communist party elite was not unitary but segmented, with important divisions and interests. A systemic characteristic of Soviet state soci…
Regional Elections and Electoral Malpractice in Russia: The Manipulation of Electoral Rules, Voters, and Votes
This study examines the democratic integrity of nine rounds of Russian regional assembly elections which were held over the period October 2008-September 2013. It provides a detailed examination of Birch’s three key aspects of electoral malpractice: the manipulation of rules, the manipulation of voters, and the manipulation of votes. The study demonstrates that elections in Russia have been far from “free and fair” and that the manipulation and f…
Introduction: Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev
Many authors have alluded to the unique nature of Russia's dual transition and its difficult task of simultaneously reforming its economy and polity. But there is in fact a third transition still f
Limitations of party control
This paper demonstrates that the communist party, in terms of personnel, only partially penetrated the government bureaucracy in the USSR. Detailed biographies of 212 members of the Soviet government of ministerial status were analysed into four groups depending on their degree of party work experience, and further analysed in terms of their participation by type of ministry, including the military industrial complex, and by the time and tenure o…
Soviet Grassroots: Citizen Participation in Local Soviet Government
The social background and political allegiance of the political elite of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR: The terminal stage, 1984 to 1991
OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF POWER in the Soviet Union, the popularly elected soviets were undoubtedly the weakest prior to the reforms instituted by Gorbachev. They were representative and affirmative bodies, rather than decision-making ones. Gorbachev's reforms in 1989, however, strengthened the soviets and weakened the other two pillars of power in the USSR-the party's apparat and the government executive, the Council of Ministers. The Supreme Sovie…
Limitations of party control
This paper demonstrates that the communist party, in terms of personnel, only partially penetrated the government bureaucracy in the USSR. Detailed biographies of 212 members of the Soviet government of ministerial status were analysed into four groups depending on their degree of party work experience, and further analysed in terms of their participation by type of ministry, including the military industrial complex, and by the time and tenure o…
The CPSU ruling elite 1981–1991: Commonalities and divisions
Based on detailed study of the career paths of 85 party secretaries and heads of departments of the Central Committee of the CPSU, in post between 1981 and 1991, distinctions are made between different types of officials and levels of personnel renewal in various sectors of the party's top administration. The communist party elite was not unitary but segmented, with important divisions and interests. A systemic characteristic of Soviet state soci…
The Transition from Communism to Capitalism: Ruling Elites from Gorbachev to Yeltsin
Introduction Soviet Society: Institutional Polyarchy PART I: POLITICAL ELITE DIVISION IN THE LATE USSR The CPSU Ruling Elite 1966-1991 The Central Committee Apparat 1981-1991 The Government Bureaucracy The Supreme Soviet of the USSR: From Fusion to Fission The Political Elite under Gorbachev: Cohesion and Division PART II: THE POST-SOVIET GOVERNING ELITES The Ascendant Elite: Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation 1990-1993 Muta…
Federalism and democratization in Russia
The scholarly literature on democratic transitions has largely ignored developments at the local level and the relationship between federalism and democracy. In this work I examine the development of federalism in Russia and I assess the impact of Russia’s highly asymmetrical form of federalism on democratisation. The study shows that federalism far from promoting democracy has allowed authoritarianism to flourish in many of Russia’s eighty nine …
Perspectives on the Enlargement of the European Union
In a historic decision at its Copenhagen Conference in June 1993, the European Union gave the green light to an eastward expansion. Initially, invitations to join the EU went out to just six countries of the former Soviet bloc: Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak republics, Romania, and Bulgaria. However, it was not long before there was a queue of other applicants from Eastern Europe pressing at the EU’s gates. There were real fears in some qu…
The tortuous path of local government reform in the Russian federation
This is an account of the evolution of Russian local government since the emergence of the Russian Federation as a sovereign state in 1991. The three major reforms of local government, in 1991, 1995 and 2003, are discussed in detail, showing how the notion of local autonomy and local government competences received recognition in the law of 1991, and how the principle of separation of local government from the administration of the state was ensh…
Federalism and Inter-governmental Relations in Russia
Since the inauguration of Vladimir Putin as President of the Russian Federation in 2000, the principles and practices of federalism have come under attack and we have witnessed a recentralisation of power in the Kremlin. Over the period 2003–6 a number of major laws were adopted that seriously weakened the powers and competencies of federal subjects. Moreover, any hopes that the centralizing initiatives of the Putin administration would be revers…
Introduction: Russian Regional Politics under Putin and Medvedev
Many authors have alluded to the unique nature of Russia's dual transition and its difficult task of simultaneously reforming its economy and polity. But there is in fact a third transition still f
The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in Russia's Regional Assemblies
In this essay I examine the problems of institutionalising and nationalising parties in Russia's regions and I trace the development of the party system from the period of fragmentation and high levels of volatility under Yel'tsin, to the monopolisation of power under Putin and Medvedev. In particular, I examine the party saturation and non-saturation of regional assemblies
Regional Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism in Russia
In this study I test the democratic integrity of regional assembly elections which were conducted in Russia over the period from December 2003 to March 2009. Whilst we should not fall into the elec
Sub-National Elections in Russia: Variations in United Russia's Domination of Regional Assemblies
This study examines the support for United Russia in 43 regional assembly elections which were conducted over the period from March 2008 to March 2011. In contrast to previous studies, which have tended to focus on the overall results of regional elections or just on the party-list votes, it provides a quantitative analysis of the votes for United Russia in the plural single member district contests. By widening the traditional focus on the aggre…
Regional Elections and Electoral Malpractice in Russia: The Manipulation of Electoral Rules, Voters, and Votes
This study examines the democratic integrity of nine rounds of Russian regional assembly elections which were held over the period October 2008-September 2013. It provides a detailed examination of Birch’s three key aspects of electoral malpractice: the manipulation of rules, the manipulation of voters, and the manipulation of votes. The study demonstrates that elections in Russia have been far from “free and fair” and that the manipulation and f…
Russia after the Cold War
The Middle Class and Democratisation in Russia
In December 2011, ‘a volcano of social activism that had long been dormant started to erupt in Russia’ (Petrov 2012). A tidal wave of mass protest movements swept through the capital and then engul
State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia
1. State against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia Cameron Ross 2. Political Opposition in Russia: A Troubled Transformation Vladimir Gel'man 3. Questioning Control and Contestation in Late Putinite Russia Richard Sakwa 4. The Calculus of Non-Protest in Russia: Redistributive Expectations from Political Reforms Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov 5. Lost in Transition? The Geography of Protests and Atti…
State Against Civil Society: Contentious Politics and the Non-Systemic Opposition in Russia
Levels of Centralisation and Autonomy in Russia’s ‘Party of Power’: Cross-Regional Variations
The institutionalization and nationalisation of Russia’s party system, which is dominated by United Russia (UR), has played a major role in the building of Putin’s ‘power vertical’. Nevertheless, despite the fact that formal relations within United Russia are highly centralized, informal practices allow for far greater degrees of regional autonomy. Focusing on UR’s candidate selection for the 2011 Duma election this paper provides an examination …
The range and limitation of sub-national regime variations under electoral authoritarianism: The case of Russia
As has been demonstrated by scholars, different levels of a polity may encompass different political regimes. In this study we examine variations in regional political regimes which have developed under Russia's system of electoral authoritarianism. Comparing the results of two cycles of regional assembly elections (2008–12 and 2013–17) we analyse and compare elections results and levels of electoral contestation in both the party list (PL) and s…
Party Reforms and the Unbalancing of the Cleavage Structure in Russian Regional Elections, 2012–2015
This study analyses the influence of the party reforms of 2012 and the ‘counter-reforms’ of 2013–2014 on the Russian party system, and the structure of political and electoral cleavages in Russian regions. The emergence of new political parties in 2012–2013 led to a temporary increase in electoral competition, an augmentation of the political space, and a rise in the number of electoral cleavages, but these developments did not weaken the dominat…
The dynamic nationalisation of voting for United Russia: The Stability / Instability of Regional Deviations From National Results
Based on the results of Duma and Presidential elections over the period 2003–2016, this article examines cross-regional variation in static and dynamic nationalisation of voting for United Russia (UR). The main finding is that in an overwhelming majority of Russian regions, a high level of static nationalisation is accompanied by a high level of dynamic nationalisation. In most of the regions, voting for UR rises or falls in a consistent manner a…
The impact of modernization on the levels of electoral and party contestation in Russian regions
This study examines the impact of modernization on the levels of electoral and party contestation in Russia’s 85 regions. By employing cluster and regression analysis, our study shows that modernization does have a positive impact on the degrees of political pluralism in Russia’s regions. This applies not only to simple tools reflecting the levels of region-wide support for pluralism and a multiparty system, from the general population, but also …
Volatility in Electoral Support for United Russia: Cross-Regional Variations in Putin’s Electoral Authoritarian Regime
Grounded in the main theoretical approaches to the study of electoral volatility, this article examines cross-regional variations in the levels of volatility for United Russia (UR) in Duma elections over the period 2003–2016, which are juxtaposed with the level of volatility for the Kremlin’s candidates in presidential elections. The main finding is that ‘regime type’ or, more precisely, ‘authoritarianism’ is the key explanatory variable. Stronge…
Mobilized voting’ versus ‘performance voting’ in electoral autocracies: Territorial variations in the levels of support for the systemic opposition parties in Russian municipalities
The main task of authoritarian elections is to guarantee the survival of the regime. Achieving this goal, authoritarian rulers rely on authoritarian electoral mobilization that is employed by political machines, targeted mostly on poor and dependent voters. At the same time, since electoral autocracies permit opposition parties, those voters, who avoid mobilization, are able to make a choice between the government and the opposition. If they are …
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