From Kosovo to Kabul, the last decade witnessed growing interest in? electoral
engineering?. Reformers have sought to achieve either greater government accountability …

Russian Society and the Orthodox Church examines the Russian Orthodox Church's social
and political role and its relationship to civil society in post-Communist Russia. It shows how …

'INFORMAL INSTITUTIONALISATION'(O'Donnell, 1996), or the prevalence of informal rules
and norms over the formal institutions of political regimes (Merkel & Croissant, 2000), is a …

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In the wake of the Soviet bloc's collapse, various postcommunist countries rushed to gain
greater access to foreign markets. Many of them have made substantial progress in …

This article discusses and applies the concept of 'embedded democracy'to the Community of
Independent States (CIS), with a focus on Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. The cases are …

Political Elite and the New Russia convincingly argues that although reforms in Russia have
been initiated by those close to the President, in fact local and national elites have been the …

To advance understanding of the present-day Russian regime, three political scientists set
out a model of political authority in democratic and undemocratic regimes. New Russia …

Two specialists on Russian politics examine governmental stability and change in Russia
from 1994 to 2003, using opinion poll results, economic and election data, Duma …

Представленная монография освещает общественно-политическую жизнь сибирского
региона в период перестройки. Рассматриваются проблемы нарастания кризисных …