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Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000 by Timothy J. Colton, Michael McFaul (Hardcover, 2003)

Twice in the winter of 1999-2000, citizens of the Russian Federation flocked to their neighbourhood voting stations and scratched their ballots in an atmosphere of uncertainty, rancor and fear. This book is a tale of these two elections - one for the 450-seat Duma, the other for president. Despite financial crisis, a national security emergency in Chechnya, and cabinet instability, Russian voters unexpectedly supported the status quo. The elected lawmakers were prepared to co-operate with the executive branch, a gift that had eluded President Boris Yeltsin since he imposed a post-Soviet constitution by referendum in 1993. When Yeltsin retired six months in advance of schedule, the presidential mantle went to Vladimir Putin - a career KGB officer who fused new and old ways of doing politics. Putin was easily elected president in his own right. This book demonstrates key trends in an extinct superpower, a troubled country in whose stability, modernization and openness to the international community the West still has a huge stake.

Author
Timothy J. Colton, Michael Mcfaul
Publication Name
Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: the Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Politics
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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