Russia's Party System: Is Russian Federalism Viable?

Ordeshook, Peter C.

doi:10.1080/1060586x.1996.10641422

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“…One could make an argument that this would help a country like Russia whose constitution is widely regarded as flawed (Ordeshook 1996). But the present leadership of Russia does not appear inclined to expand democracy or rights.…”

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The politics of constitutional amendment in postcommunist Europe

Roberts

2008

Const Polit Econ

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Roberts

2008

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“…Scholars have also suggested , but apparently not yet demonstrated empirically, that subnational variables influence national elections in Canada (Sharman ed. 1994), Spain (Linz and Stepan 1992), and Russia (Ordeshook 1996). Given the important link scholars such as Riker (1987) have posited between federalism and party systems, we ought to expand this study to other federal systems, particularly those undergoing some sort of political transition, such as Mexico.…”

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The Gubernatorial Coattails Effect: Federalism and Congressional Elections in Brazil

Samuels

2000

The Journal of Politics

164

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Competition for executive-level offices can influence competition for legislative office, and federal institutions can provide an "opportunity structure" that shapes partisan competition. In Brazil, unlike in systems where the presidential election might drive congressional elections, electoral incentives are state-centered. Candidates for Congress focus on the gubernatorial race, not the presidential race. Specifically, the effective number of candidates competing in the gubernatorial race in each state (electoral district) determines the effective number of lists competing in congressional elections in each state in Brazil. In this article, I use OLS regression analysis of electoral data from Brazil's democratic elections to test this proposition. Regression analysis confirms that the effective number of candidates for governor, and not the effective number of candidates for president, drives the effective number of lists competing in the legislative election."If every politician's first rule is to survive, then we reach the following conclusion: it is useless to discuss national issues in the electoral process." -Nelson Jobim, two-term Brazilian federal deputy, former Minister of Justice, and current Supreme Court Justice. Theliteratureonthepoliticalconsequencesofelectorallawstypicallyfocuseson how national-level variables contribute to the level of party system fractionalization in national legislative elections. 1 However, as Cox (1997) has recently argued, the dependent variable in much of this literature-the number of parties at the national level-results from a two-step process: votes are first aggregated at the constituency level and a degree of fractionalization results in each constituency; then these district-level systems of electoral fragmentation are sewn together more or less successfully into a national party system, with its concomitant degree of national fragmentation.

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“…Indeed, as Ordeshook has argued, given the absence of any national integrative institutions that might weld local interests more tightly to the center, Russian federalism faces a rocky and uncertain future (Ordeshook, 1996). A slow de facto erosion of central state control over the current territory of the Russian Federation, especially if the current economic crisis continues, is quite possible.…”

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Secession of the Center: A Virtual Probe of the Prospects for Punjabi Secessionism in Pakistan and the Secession of Punjabistan

Lustick¹

2011

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Russia's Party System: Is Russian Federalism Viable?

Cited by 96 publications

References 10 publications

The politics of constitutional amendment in postcommunist Europe

The politics of constitutional amendment in postcommunist Europe

The Gubernatorial Coattails Effect: Federalism and Congressional Elections in Brazil

Secession of the Center: A Virtual Probe of the Prospects for Punjabi Secessionism in Pakistan and the Secession of Punjabistan

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