Voting for Russia's governors : regional elections and accountability under Yeltsin and Putin /
Konitzer, Andrew.
Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Russia's regional electorate : jurors in a corrupted court -- Regional elections : a failed institution? -- Accountability, elections, and economic voting -- A second look at elections and regional executive accountability -- The context -- Data sources -- Structure -- Notes -- Assigning responsibility -- A few words regarding the "portability of concepts" -- Accountability -- Accountability for what? -- Economic voting -- Economic voting in Russia and Eastern Europe -- Economic accountability in an evolving context -- Methodological decisions -- Looking ahead -- Notes -- Sploshnie vybory: a guide to Russian regional executive elections -- The rules of the game -- Incumbent electoral success in the Yeltsin and early-Putin eras -- Not entrenched ... but "fortified"? -- Incumbent success and regional status -- The elections through the lens of the accountability criteria -- The next step -- Notes -- The Russian jurisdictional voter : evidence from ulʹianovskaia oblast -- The socioeconomic and political history of ulʹianovskaia oblast -- A first look at jurisdictional support in Russia's regions -- The ideal subnational jurisdictional voter -- A preview and summary of results -- Casting stones within a federal context -- Conclusions -- From behavior to outcomes -- Notes -- Aggregate economic performance and election outcomes -- Data sources -- Preview and summary of results -- Test variables and controls -- Model and final results -- Elected versus appointed executives -- Notes -- Russia's regional executive elections in comparative perspective -- Theoretical expectations ... and disappointments -- Ukraine -- Preview and summary of results -- A closer look at Ukraine's appointee system -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Making the worst of a bad situation? -- Five post-Yeltsin challenges ... and Putin's solutions -- Toward a system of appointed regional executives.
Voting
Elections
Political participation