Elections and Voters in Post-Communist Russia

'This book offers conclusive evidence that scholars working on post-communist Russia have mastered the techniques and theories of voting behaviour as a strategy for explaining Russian electoral politics. The book also demonstrates that these theories and techniques, if applied with nuance by those familiar with the case, can help us understand contemporary Russia. The authors in this volume include many of the best scholars working on this subject . . . The methods deployed cover the gamut, from regression analysis of socioeconomic and regional variables deployed by Clem and Craumer, to the statistical expression of survey data deployed by almost everyone else. The volume is packed with numbers: 23 figures and 54 tables! It is hard to think of a useful correlation that has not been explored in this volume. This is a splendid book, must reading for anyone interested in post-communist elections or comparative electoral analysis more generally.' - Michael McFaul, Slavic Review 'Students of Russian public opinion and electoral behavior will find this book must reading. Particularly suitable for graduate students, researchers, and specialists.' - T.D. Clark, Choice Throughout the formerly communist world a single party monopoly has been replaced by multi-party politics and competitive elections. Drawing on the most recent work of the leading specialists in modern Russian politics, this path-breaking volume marks a decisive advance in our understanding of the relationships between voters, political parties and the conduct of the government in what is still the world's largest country.