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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 What Are Dominant Parties?; 1.3 Authoritarian Survival and the Puzzle of Dominant Party Formation; 1.4 Alternative Explanations of Dominant Party Emergence; 1.5 The Setting of the Argument: Leaders and Elites; 1.6 The Argument in Brief; 1.7 Why Russia? The Origins of United Russia; 1.8 United Russia as a Dominant Party; 1.9 Post-Soviet Russia and Authoritarian Institutions |
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1.10 Dominant Parties and the New Institutionalism1.11 Dominant Parties and the Study of Democratization; 1.12 Research Design, Methodology, and the Plan of the Book; 2 A Theory of Dominant Party Formation; 2.1 The Actors: Building a Theory of Dominant Party Formation; Elites, Society, and Dominant Party Formation; Elite Commitment and the Study of Political Parties; 2.2 Dominant Party Formation as a Two-Sided Commitment Problem; The Leader's Commitment Problem, Part 1: Benefits of Cooperating with Elites; Ensuring Loyalty to the Regime; Controlling Legislatures and Making Policy |
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Generating Regime Support and Winning ElectionsCoordinating Pro-regime Candidates during Elections; Routinization of Political Appointment Processes; The Leader's Commitment Problem, Part 2: Costs of Cooperation and Incentives to Renege; The Elites' Commitment Problem, Part 1: Benefits of Reaching an Agreement with Leaders; Dependable Career Advancement; Securing Dependable Access to Spoils and Policy Influence; Reducing Transaction Costs; The Elites' Commitment Problem, Part 2: Costs of Cooperation and Incentives to Renege; Summing Up: A Two-Sided Commitment Problem |
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2.3 Overcoming the Commitment ProblemPart 1: Dominant Party Institutions; Dominant Parties and the Leader's Credible Commitments; Dominant Parties and Elite Credible Commitments; Summary; Overcoming the Commitment Problem, Part 2: Changes in the Balance ... ; Explaining Variation in the Emergence of Dominant Parties: The Limitations of Institutional Explanations; Reducing the Severity of the Leader's Commitment Problem; Reducing the Severity of the Elite's Commitment Problem; Balanced Resources: Maximizing the Likelihood of a Dominant Party |
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Theory and Practice: Institutional Evolution in Nascent Dominant Party Systems3 False Starts; 3.1 The Absence of a Ruling Party in the First Russian Republic: 1990-1993; Summary: The First Russian Republic; 3.2 Russia's Choice: The Failure of Russia's First Party of Power; Why Yeltsin Failed to Invest in Russia's Choice; Why Elites Failed to Invest in Russia's Choice; Summary: The Failure of Russia's Choice; 3.3 Our Home Is Russia: Russia's Second Failed Party of Power; The Immediate Causes of Our Home's Failure: Presidential and Regional Neglect; National Elites and Our Home Is Russia |
| Summary |
This book asks why dominant political parties emerge in some authoritarian regimes, but not in others, focusing on Russia's experience under Putin. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political parties -- Russia (Federation)
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Political parties. |
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Russia (Federation) |
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Authoritarianism -- Russia (Federation)
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Authoritarianism. |
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Post-communism -- Russia (Federation)
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
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| Chronological Term |
1991- |
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Post-communism. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. |
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Politics and government. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1991 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reuter, Ora John. Origins of dominant parties. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017 9781107171763 (OCoLC)989789730 |
| ISBN |
9781316775820 (electronic book) |
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1316775828 (electronic book) |
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9781107171763 |
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1107171768 |
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