Russian Features of Electoral Authoritarianism: New Practices to Ensure the Incumbents Victory in the Gubernatorial Elections
Keywords:
electoral authoritarianism, regions of Russia, gubernatorial electionsAbstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of practices that ensure the victory of incumbent on gubernatorial elections in the Russian regions. The past electoral campaigns showed that the Federal center and regional authorities seek to minimize risk and eliminate the uncertainty. As a consequence, the apparent democratic elections are non-competitive. On gubernatorial elections «nested games» were actively used. The victory of incumbent is ensured through institutional mechanisms, such as the appointment of governor, the right to nominate candidates only by political parties, municipal filter, participation in elections technical candidates and spoilersDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2015-1-51-67References
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