Programmatic Party Cohesion in Emerging Postcommunist Democracies
Russia in Comparative Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7273333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herbert Kitschelt (0000-0003-4757-4098, Duke University), Regina Smyth (0009-0008-5102-2898, Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1228-1256 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001041402237949 |
| OpenAlex | W2014646785 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 32 |
Across postcommunist states, studies of electoral competition reveal variation in the capacity of political parties to compete on the basis of clearly articulated issue-based programs. Notably, the development of programmatic party competition in the Russian Federation is lagging behind other postcommunist states. Over time it is likely that democratic institutions shape the learning process that enable politicians to adjust strategies of party competition, but learning is not likely to occur at the same pace across all countries. The authors explain the observed cross-national variation in party system development as a function of the aspiring political elites'capabilities to solve social choice problems through party formation against the backdrop of past experiences with collective mobilization under and before communist rule. The authors test this model using survey data of middle-level party elites in five countries and find that legacies decisively affect elite strategies in the initial rounds of democratic party competition
Communism · Competition (biology · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Economic system · Economics · Elite · Lagging · Pace · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,57 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |