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Book SynopsisExamines Russian politics at the subnational level in order to discover why democracy failed to take root and how Putin's authoritarian regime materialized. By analysing successive federal elections, Reisinger and Moraski show that regions that led the way in delivering votes in Putin's favour were those that had been both more independent and more authoritarian during the Yeltsin era.
Trade ReviewThe authors set for themselves an ambitious goal of tracing the evolution of the timing, institutions, and competitiveness of subnational elections, as well as of national-regional electoral links, political, and institutional change from the late Soviet period to the present. They achieve this goal admirably in this highly original and novel account."" - Tomila Lankina, London School of Economics
""I have no doubt that the book will fill a glaring gap in the academic book market."" - Grigorii V. Golosov, European University at St. Petersburg
