Book chapter
The Diffusion of Deference
The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime, p.176
University of Michigan Press
01/09/2017
DOI: 10.3998/mpub.9281269.11
Abstract
In this chapter we ask, did the regions’ spatial relations, as opposed to just their composite characteristics, shape the spread of regional authoritarianism in Russia, as measured by electoral deference to the Kremlin? And, if so, to what extent does diffusion explain the increase of electoral deference over time?
Under Yeltsin, spatial clustering in the distribution of deference is largely limited to the 1991 presidential election—that is, prior to Russia’s transition from authoritarian rule. Under Putin, meanwhile, spatial autocorrelation first emerges in the 2003 Duma elections and continues to characterize Russian federal elections through 2012 (i.e., the last federal
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Diffusion of Deference
- Creators
- William M. ReisingerBryon J. Moraski
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Regional Roots of Russia's Political Regime, p.176
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- DOI
- 10.3998/mpub.9281269.11
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/09/2017
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983988994102771
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