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When Majorities Fail is a study of institutional failure in Russia's first democratic legislature. Inadequate rules and a chaotic party system combined to make it nearly impossible to pass a coherent legislative program, including a new constitution. The internal instability in Russia's parliament is known as cycling, one of the most important theoretical concepts in formal study of legislatures. There are few recorded cases of cycling in politically important settings. This book documents the presence of cyclical majorities in Russian Parliament with comprehensive case and statistical analysis, and demonstrates how the failure to adopt a new constitution led to the confrontation between parliament and president in the fall of 1993. Earlier research has shown that the design of a legislative institution is crucial in preventing cycling. The author shows how the institutional design of the parliament failed, underscoring the importance of institutional design in a democratic transition.
Legislative bodies --- Representative government and representation --- Russia (Federation). --- Gosduma (Russia : 1993- ) --- Russian State Duma (Russia : 1993- ) --- Duma (Russia : 1993- ) --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ Duma Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii --- Gosduma FS RF
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From the first free elections in post-Soviet Russia in 1989 to the end of the Yeltsin period in 1999, Russia's parliament was the site of great political upheavals. Conflicts between communists and reformers generated constant turmoil, and twice parliamentary institutions broke down in violence. This book offers the first full account of the inaugural decade of Russia's parliament. Thomas F. Remington, a leading scholar of Russian politics, describes in unique detail the Gorbachev-era parliament of 1989-91, the interim parliament of 1990-93, and the current Federal Assembly.Focusing particularly on the emergence of parliamentary parties and bicameralism, Remington explores how the organization of the Russian parliament changed, why some changes failed while others were accepted, and why the current parliament is more effective and viable than its predecessors. He links the story of parliamentary evolution in Russia to contemporary theories of institutional development and concludes that, notwithstanding the turbulence of Russia's first postcommunist decade, parliament has served as a stabilizing influence in Russian political life.
Representative government and representation --- #SBIB:324H40 --- #SBIB:328H262 --- Politieke structuren: algemeen --- Instellingen en beleid: Rusland en het GOS --- Russia (Federation). --- Gosduma (Russia : 1993- ) --- Russian State Duma (Russia : 1993- ) --- Duma (Russia : 1993- ) --- Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ Duma Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii --- Gosduma FS RF
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