308 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Russia held its first multiparty election in over 75 years in the hope that it would usher in a new democratic political order. However, the success of right-wing populist Vladimir Zhirinovsky's Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and other anti-reform forces shocked the world. This study analyzes the background, events and main players of the elections, and examines their significance for the... Read more
List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I: Elections in Russia and the USSR: A historical overview, Part II: The 1993 Election Campaign, Part III: Influences and trends of the 1993 campaign, Part IV: The framework of a new political order, Appendix: Electoral associations and their programmes, Index
Biography
Peter Lentini lectures in the Department of Politics and Centre for European Studies, Monash University, Australia.
