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Book SynopsisIn the first long-term analysis of Russian parliamentary elections, Hutcheson explores the country's seven rounds of election since 1993. Through the twists and turns of political reform, he combines official data, primary material and in-depth analysis to investigate the changes in Russia's political system.
Trade ReviewHutcheson is clearly well-versed in theoretical work about electoral authoritarianism and about legislatures in more democratic systems. But the strengths of this volume lie not in any kind of theoretical contributions but more in the historical detail of how one particular legislative system became increasingly less competitive. For scholars interested in that story, Parliamentary Elections in Russia is a gold mine. * Ellen Carnaghan, Saint Louis University, Democratization *
Overall, the book "Parliamentary Elections in Russia" represents an important contribution to the debate on the evolution of the electoral system and the role of elections in the Russian political system. In fact, the author inserts the parliamentary elections in a wide-ranging context of political change in Russia from the late 1980s until the present day. Hutcheson's study is a masterful work for the originality of the approach adopted and for the depth and completeness of the analysis. * Ilmira Galimova, Nomos: Le attualità nel diritto *
For such an empirically rich study with its detailed statistical analysis of election results, voter profiles, party strategies and so on, this is a very readable book, one which is clearly based on many years' experience in the field. * David White, Party Politics *
The text is peppered with fascinating details...This book will be of interest to scholars of Russian politics, electoral politics, legislative politics and authoritarianism. By virtue of its breadth and depth, it will be a key resource in understanding an important dimension of the construction of the modern-day Russian political system by a scholar with unmatched knowledge of the intricacies of the Russian electoral system. * B H. Noble, UCL SSEES, Slavonic and East European Review *
