Selections before elections

Double standards in implementing election registration procedures in Russia

Bibliographic Data

ID6180918
AuthorsHåvard Bækken (0000-0002-8961-3078, University of Oslo, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume48
Issue1
Pages61-70
Publication date2015-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.01.001
OpenAlexW2052885594
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited14

For a considerable part of the political opposition in Russia, elections have been something to be watched from the sidelines. While opposition candidates are formally blocked for legal-administrative reasons, they have repeatedly claimed that registration refusals are politically motivated and that election committees apply the law differently depending on the candidates’ political affiliation. By analyzing the perceptions of double standards as well as actual enforcement practice and structural incentives, this article identifies the core mechanics of this quasi-legal mechanism of political pre-election filtering in Russian elections

Economics · Enforcement · Incentive · Law and economics · Limiting · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance

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