Voting for Russia's governors
Subtitle: regional elections and accountability under Yeltsin and Putin
By: Andrew Konitzer.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Voting -- Russia (Federation); Elections -- Russia (Federation); Political participation -- Russia (Federation)
Description: "Andrew Konitzer's study tracks Russian voter behavior in two ways. First, a survey of voters and their motivations in Ul'ianovskaia Oblast offers a detailed analysis of why Russians vote the way they do. The most important finding is that voters held their governor accountable for the economic performance of their region relative to that of other regions." "Second, Konitzer examines all the elections for subnational executives in Russia between June 1996 and April 2001, assembling a database of more than 150 potentially relevant political, economic, and institutional factors. These analyses, like the intensive study of Ul'ianovskaia Oblast, show that despite a vast number of shortcomings these contests enforced a degree of accountability for economic performance."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Russia's regional electorate : jurors in a corrupted court; title: Regional elections : a failed institution?; title: Accountability, elections, and economic voting; title: A second look at elections and regional executive accountability; title: The context; title: Data sources; title: Chapter structure; title: Notes; title: Assigning responsibility; title: A few words regarding the 'portability of concepts'; title: Accountability; title: Accountability for what?; title: Economic voting; title: Economic voting in Russia and Eastern Europe; title: Economic accountability in an evolving context; title: Methodological decisions; title: Looking ahead; title: Notes; title: Sploshnie vybory: a guide to Russian regional executive elections; title: The rules of the game; title: Incumbent electoral success in the Yeltsin and early-Putin eras; title: Not entrenched ... but 'fortified'?; title: Incumbent success and regional status; title: The elections through the lens of the accountability criteria; title: The next step; title: Notes; title: The Russian jurisdictional voter : evidence from ulʹianovskaia oblast; title: The socioeconomic and political history of ulʹianovskaia oblast; title: A first look at jurisdictional support in Russia's regions; title: The ideal subnational jurisdictional voter; title: Preview and summary of results; title: Casting stones within a federal context; title: Conclusions; title: From behavior to outcomes; title: Notes; title: Aggregate economic performance and election outcomes; title: Data sources; title: Preview and summary of results; title: Test variables and controls; title: Model and final results; title: Elected versus appointed executives; title: Notes; title: Russia's regional executive elections in comparative perspective; title: Theoretical expectations ... and disappointments; title: Ukraine; title: Preview and summary of results; title: A closer look at Ukraine's appointee system; title: Conclusions; title: Notes; title: Making the worst of a bad situation?; title: Post-Yeltsin challenges ... and Putin's solutions; title: Toward a system of appointed regional executives.