Transitional Citizens: Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia

Timothy J. Colton

Published by Harvard University Press 2000

Transitional Citizens

Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia

Timothy J. Colton

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674029804

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This book looks at the newly empowered citizens of Russia’s protodemocracy facing choices at the ballot box that just a few years ago, under dictatorial rule, they could not have dreamt of. Colton finds that despite their unfamiliarity with democracy, subjects-turned-citizens learn about their electoral options from peers and the mass media.

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Transitional Citizens is a very important study, executed with exemplary thoroughness and consistency. There is no doubt that it will be a major and lasting contribution, important for the study of Russian politics and democratic transitions more generally.
-- Thomas F. Remington, Emory University

Colton and an impressive group of collaborators offer a technically excellent addition to the growing body of literature on Russian electoral behavior. The researchers studied voter attitudes related to the 1995 Duma and 1996 presidential elections. A rather large sample and repeated interviews give the study an appearance of authenticity. Colton examines possible variables involved in voters' choices, including socioeconomic characteristics, partisanship, perceptions of leadership, and issues.
-- R. J. Mitchell Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
CHAPTER 1 Subjects into Citizens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 2 Transitional Citizens and the Electoral Process Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
CHAPTER 3 Society in Transformation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
CHAPTER 4 Partisanship in Formation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
CHAPTER 5 Opinions, Opinions . . . Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
CHAPTER 6 Performance, Personality, and Promise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
CHAPTER 7 Tying the Strands Together Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
APPENDIX A Post-Soviet Election Results, 1993–1996 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
APPENDIX B Survey Data, Methods, and Models Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
APPENDIX C Summary of Issue Opinions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
APPENDIX D Supplementary Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 336

eBook

Published: July 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780674029804