When the center can hold: The primacy of politics in shaping Russian democracy

• Published in: Communist and post-communist studies Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 397 - 408
• Main Author: Anderson, Richard D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2010; University of California Press; University of California Press, Journals & Digital Publishing Division
• Subjects: Authoritarianism; Authoritarianism (Political Ideology); Bureaucracy; Centrism; Constitution; Constitutions; Corruption; Democracy; Democratization; Elections; Human rights; Legislature; Parties; Political analysis; Political conditions; Political parties; Political power; Politics; Post-communist societies; Presidency; Privatization; Regular Articles; Russia; Russian Federation; Social Conditions; Strategic planning; Transition; Violations; Russia; Democratization; Elections; Parties; Privatization; Presidency; Democracy; Transition; Legislature; Authoritarianism; Constitution; Russia

Violations of rights, a weak Duma, political parties dominated by bureaucrats, and corrupt privatization are ordinarily taken as signs or even causes of the failure of democracy in Russia or at best as normal traits of electoral politics in a middle-income state. Yet all of these are natural consequ...