1st Edition
Elections, the Ethnic Factor and Patronal Politics in the Russian Regions Anatomy of Loyalty
CHAPTER 1
The First Step Towards Theory Building: Expert Interviews
CHAPTER 2
Chained by One Chain: Mechanisms of Electoral Mobilization at the Local Level
CHAPTER 3
The Ethnic Factor, Patronal Networks, and the Logic of Electoral Choice: Theory and Hypotheses
CHAPTER 4
The First Shock: Language Reform and the 2018 Russian Presidential Elections
CHAPTER 5
Who Is to Blame? The Attribution of Responsibility as a Factor in Titular Ethnic Groups’ Electoral Behavior
CHAPTER 6
‘Varangians’ and the Old Guard: Causes of Patronal Network Weakening
Conclusion
Appendix
Biography
Stanislav Shkel is Professor of Political Science at HSE-University (Saint-Petersburg, Russia). He previously authored Post-Soviet Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective (2014, in Russian). He has also written articles for Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, Russian Politics, East European Politics, as well as non-academic outlets including PONARS and Republic.
