AN AUTOPSY OF MANAGED DEMOCRACY

AN AUTOPSY OF MANAGED DEMOCRACY

[...]we are only now, for the first time, able to look inside the political mystery of managed democracy and explain how it actually worked. Surveys show that even as a cadre of diehards is still regularly taking to the streets to protest the regime, the number of those who tell pollsters that they...

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Published in:Journal of democracy Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 33 - 45
Main Authors: Krastev, Ivan, Holmes, Stephen
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01-07-2012
Subjects:
Competition
Democracy
Elections
Electoral systems
Norms
Political activity
Political protest
Politics
Presidential elections
Presidents
Russia
Russian Federation
State legislature elections
Russia
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Summary:[...]we are only now, for the first time, able to look inside the political mystery of managed democracy and explain how it actually worked. Surveys show that even as a cadre of diehards is still regularly taking to the streets to protest the regime, the number of those who tell pollsters that they are ready to protest has precipitously declined.) In any case, in order to coax voters to the ballot boxes, Putin was forced to confess that his power was endangered by an internal threat.
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ISSN:1045-5736
1086-3214
DOI:10.1353/jod.2012.0043