When Majorities Fail The Russian Parliament, 1990-1993

Name: When Majorities Fail The Russian Parliament, 1990-1993
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ISBN: 9780521030595

ISBN-10: 0521030595

ISBN-13: 9780521030595

Edition: 2006

Authors: Josephine T. Andrews, Randall Calvert, Thrainn Eggertsson

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This study of institutional failure in Russia's first democratic legislature claims that inadequate rules and a chaotic party system combined to make it nearly impossible for the legislature to pass a coherent legislative program, including a new constitution. It studies a peculiar form of chaos; cycling; that can exist in majority rule institutions when institutional rules are weak. It identifies cycling in an important institutional setting--the Russian national legislature--and shows that poor institutional design has important consequences for the consolidation of democracy in transitional countries.

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Cycling in action: Russia's constitutional crisis



Cycling and its consequences: a theoretical framework



Institutional design and implications for majority rule



Issue dimensions and partisan alliances



The structure of preferences



Legislative instability



The dynamics of agenda control in the Russian parliament



Implications of disequilibrium in transitional legislatures


References


Index