Party politics in post-communist Russia / edited by John Löwenhardt. - 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"This group of studies first appeared in a special issue ... of The journal of communist studies and transition politics, 14/1, March 1998"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Party development in the regions : when did parties start to play a part in politics? / Regional party system formation in Russia : the deviant case of Sverdlovsk Oblast / Electoral effects of presidentialism in post-Soviet Russia / Party platforms : towards a definition of the Russian political spectrum / Ideology, uncertainty and the rise of anti-system parties in post-communist Russia / Left or right? : the CPRF and the problem of democratic consolidation in Russia / Classifying Russia's party system : the problem of "relevance" in a time of uncertainty / Should party in parliament be weak or strong? : the rules debate in the Russian State Duma / Political conflict and institutional design : paths of party development in Russia / Where now in the study of Russian political parties? / Lessons of comparative politics : Russian political parties as independent variables? / Electoral statistics, 1993-96 / Ruth Brown -- Vladimir Gel'man and Grigorii V. Golosov -- Robert G. Moser -- Sarah Oates -- Stephen E. Hanson -- Richard Sakwa -- Neil Robinson -- Moshe Haspel -- Thomas F. Remington -- Frederic J. Fleron, Jr., Richard Ahl and Finbarr Lane -- Paul Webb and Paul G. Lewis -- compiled by Stephen White.

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Political parties--Russia (Federation)
Representative government and representation--Russia (Federation)


Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-

JN6699.A795 / P375 1998

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