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Focusing on the vastly different outcomes of post-Soviet regime
transitions, this study explores why some societies have become
more democratic and some have not. Based on in-depth comparative
analyses, the book assesses political developments in six of
Russia's regions (Saratov, Nizhnii Novgorod, Volgograd, Ryazan',
Ul'yanovsk, and Tver' oblasts) since 1988. The authors consider the
influence of Soviet governance systems on the emergence of
cleavages and new actors in the post-Soviet period. They also
analyze the impact of institutional changes on regional regimes and
the success or failure of formal institutions as a framework for
political competitiveness. Placing their detailed field data within
the larger comparative and theoretical context of political
transitions, the authors are able to explain the mixed outcomes of
post-communist regime change in Russia and other post-Soviet
nations. With its innovative model of path-contingent
democratization and its new typology of political regimes and
regime transitions, this book will be essential reading for all
scholars of democracy.
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