The Decline of a Dominant Party and the Destabilization of Electoral Authoritarianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6357983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graeme Gill (0000-0001-8826-0971, The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 449-471 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Post-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2747/1060-586x.28.4.449 |
| OpenAlex | W1989217174 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 43 |
The demonstrations following the December 2011 legislative election and the poorer performance of United Russia in that election suggest a potential crisis in the Russian electoral authoritarian regime. Assuming the Russian leadership wishes to stabilize electoral authoritarian rule, how should it go about doing this? Increasing electoral competition and decreasing control potentially can lead to democratization, and therefore regime change. A safer course for the regime may be reform of United Russia. This article analyzes United Russia's performance, asking if it has been carrying out the tasks of a dominant party, and considers the party's best chances for long-term stabilization of electoral authoritarianism
Authoritarianism · Competition (biology · Democracy · Democratization · Economic system · Economics · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · SAFER · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Russia and Soviet political economy
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The Origins of Dominant Parties
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Local democracy in a hybrid state
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The dual logic of Russia's party system nationalization
Online Campaigning in Russia
Federalism, gubernatorial power and the incorporation of subnational authoritarianism in Russia
Growing Old Without Grace
Regionalism, personalism, ethnicity, and violence
Judicial alignment and criminal justice
Regional patrons and hegemonic party electoral performance in Russia
Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Ministerial Selection in Russia
Intentional disruptions and violence in Ukraine's Supreme Rada
The territorial genealogies of Russia's political parties and the transferability of political machines
Police reform in Russia
Looking beyond the economy
The idiosyncratic dynamics of party system nationalization in Russia
Corporate raiding and the role of the state in Russia
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Forward to democracy or back to authoritarianism? The attitudinal bases of mass support for the Russian election protests of 2011–2012
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The place of Russia's political regime (2003-2023) on a conceptual map of the world's autocracies
Why Not Parties in Russia?
Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization
Paradigms and Sand Castles
Voting for Autocracy
Democracy Challenged
Post-Imperial Democracies
Electoral Authoritarianism
Building State Capacity from the Inside Out
The Crisis of Russian Democracy
The Forensics of Election Fraud
Democracy Derailed in Russia
The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes
Why Dominant Parties Lose
Competitive Authoritarianism
Building State Capacity from the Inside Out
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How United is United Russia? Regional Sources of Intra-party Conflict
Party Politics in Russia
Elections Russian-Style
The Politics of Dominant Party Formation
Patronage and the Party of Power
Putin's ‘Preventive Counter-Revolution’
Postimperial Democracies
More than Just the Final Straw
Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization
Life of the Party
Defeating Dictators
Engineering Victory
Managed Pluralism
Stolen Elections
Dominant party systems
From ‘feckless pluralism’ to ‘dominant power politics’? The transformation of Russia's party system
Dominant Party Regimes and the Commitment Problem
What Do We Know About Democratization After Twenty Years
Elite recruitment and state-society relations in technocratic authoritarian regimes
The Dual State in Russia
The Putin Vote
Managing Opposition in a Hybrid Regime
| Unique citing works | 29 |
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| Citations per year | 2,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |