Electoral block in Russia: history and prospects of development

Заикин Сергей Сергеевич

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Избирательные блоки в России: история и перспективы развития

Право. Журнал Высшей школы экономики. 2013. № №2. С. 63-72.

Заикин С. С.

The article analyzes the history of such institution as electoral blocs in the Russian Federation; the examples of agreements of political parties founding the electoral blocs are examined in the context of current reform of political parties and elections legislation.

Priority areas: law

Language: Russian

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Keywords: выборы политические партии в России избирательные блоки соглашения политических партий

Publication based on the results of: Антимонопольное регулирование политической конкуренции(2013)

Политическая экономия российской вертикали власти.

Нуреев Р. М. В кн.: Экономическая свобода и государство: друзья или враги. СПб.: Международный центр социально-экономических исследований «Леонтьевский центр», 2012. С. 87-113.

We analyze political economy of Russian Vertical-of-Power in federal-regional aspects. In the year 2008 in Russia new president (the formal head of Russian government) was elected, in the next elections to come in the 2012 most probably that Putin is going to return his formal presidential chair. In this paper we test if governor appointed by new president followed by extra federal money (extra payments from federal budget to regional budget). There are two hypotheses: if new governor appointed by new president leads to significant increase in payments from federal budget to regional budget or there were no changes in payments from federal budget to regional budget. The data analysis confirms the first hypothesis.

Added: Feb 6, 2013

Политическая конкуренция и ее недопущение, ограничение и устранение в России

Масленникова С. В. В кн.: Народовластие и права человека. Материалы IV Международной научно-практической конференции, проведенной Российской академией правосудия совместно с Северо-Кавказским институтом – филиалом Российской академией народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте Российской Федерации 19-22 октября 2012 г.. М.: РАП, 2012. С. 178-187.

Added: Dec 14, 2012

Электоральное поведение россиян. Рецензия на кн.: Валерий Федоров. Русский выбор. Введение в теорию электорального поведения россиян

Поляков Л. В. Полис. Политические исследования. 2011. № 6. С. 175-180.

Added: Sep 13, 2012

The Political Economy of Russian Gubernatorial Election and Appointment

Frye T. M., Reuter O. J., Noah Buckley. Political Science. PS. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 01.

Political and economic outcomes depend, in part, on the quality of the officials making policy. Many scholars argue that the free and fair elections are the best method for selecting competent officials. Others, however, argue that elections can lead to the selection of amateurs, demagogues, and political sycophants. Under this view, sub-national officials should be appointed by centralized planners who are insulated from local popular pressures. In this paper, we use original data on the biographies of Russian regional governors to determine whether the backgrounds of governors elected between 1992 and 2004 differ from the backgrounds of appointed governors post-2004. We find that the two groups are surprisingly similar on many dimensions. Elected and appointed governors have similar career backgrounds, ages, educational profiles, and ethnicities. But there are some important differences as well. Elected governors, are more likely to have held elected office and be from the region where they serve. Appointed governors are also more likely to be federal bureaucrats, hold a graduate degree, and have education in economics. Finding that the selection mechanism explains only a small portion of the variance in governor backgrounds, we conclude the paper by speculating on other possible explanations for variation in governor background.

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Гражданская позиция и активность как движущая сила гражданского контроля: Российский и зарубежный опыт

Нисневич Ю. А. В кн.: Россия: Тенденции и перспективы развития. Ежегодник. Выпуск 6. Ч.2. Ч. 2. Вып. 6. М.: ИНИОН РАН, 2011. С. 161-165.

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Модель предвыборной конкуренции с затратами на предвыборную борьбу

Захаров А. В. Экономика и математические методы. 2010. Т. 46. № 2. С. 60-77.

This work looks at a model of spatial election competition with two candidates who can spend effort in order to increase their popularity through advertisement. It is shown that under certain condition the political programs of the candidates will be different. The work derives the comparative statics of equilibrium policy platform and campaign spending with respect the distribution of voter policy preferences and the proportionality of the electoral system. In particular, it is whown that the equilibrium does not exist if the policy preferences are distributed over too narrow an interval.

Added: Oct 4, 2012

Партии и выборы: вчера, сегодня, завтра

М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2012.

Added: Feb 24, 2013

Диалог цивилизаций: Восток - Запад. Глобализация и мультикультурализм: Россия в современном мире. Материалы XI научной конференции молодых ученых

М.: Издательство РУДН, 2011.

Added: Oct 24, 2012

Выборы во Всеобщий Национальный Конгресс Ливии: контекстуализация, концептуализация и подведение итогов

Лукьянов Г. В. Новое восточное обозрение. 2012.

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Managed Competition And Voting Stability: Evidence From Russian Legislative Elections (2003-2011)

Sirotkina E. Political Science. PS. Высшая школа экономики, 2014. No. WP BRP 15/PS/2014.

Does limited competition promote voting stability and party system institutionalization? Since Russian political parties face administrative impediments to participating in elections, only those who adapt to the changing rules remain in the game. Thus, voters have a limited number of parties to support and with no alternatives they might tend to stick to their choice. In this paper, I take stability in electoral support as an indicator of party system institutionalization and test whether limited competition in non-democratic Russia leads to voting stability and party system institutionalization. Empirical evidence is taken from the Russian State Duma elections in 2003-2011.

Added: Oct 27, 2014

Партийная организация и партийная конкуренция в «недодемократических» режимах

М.: РОССПЭН, 2012.

Added: Oct 23, 2012

Political Campaigns Of The Stalin Period: Their Content, Peculiarities And Structure

Kimerling A. S. Working Papers of Humanities. WP. Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2014. No. WP BRP 42/HUM/2014.

The article examines the content, peculiarities and procedures of mass political campaigns that took place between 1946 and 1953 as part of Stalinist policy. The author analyzes the term 'campaign', describes the role of 'letters to the authorities' (complaints) and examines two types of political campaigns: 1) campaigns mobilizing the population for 'the construction of Socialism' and 2) repressive campaigns to eliminate enemies. Archive and newspaper materials help reconstruct the procedure of campaigns where each stage had its functions.

Added: Apr 11, 2014

The Legitimacy of the Bolshevik Order, 1917-1918: Language Usage in Revolutionary Russian Law

Borisova T. Y. Law. LAW. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 05.

The article describes and analyzes the legislative politics of revolutionary regimes in Russia in 1917-1918. The author aims to demonstrate the political meaning of the form of early Soviet legislation and its legitimizing effect. The revolutionary legislators often used specific language in the new laws as a vehicle of legitimacy, i.e. to make the people comply. The two main types of legal language used by the Bolsheviks can be interpreted from the perspective of different types of legitimacy. The revolutionary strategy used propagandistic legislation, written in the language of lay people, which urged them to act according to the new law. It can be seen as a request for acts of the people to legitimize the soviets. On the contrary, the traditional strategy employed old bureaucratic means of writing and distributing legislation to the local soviets. The language used by this strategy was closed to the understanding of a lay audience and implied traditions of obeying the law written in familiar legal language, which in turn implied rational/legal legitimacy. The second strategy had already become dominant after the first months of the Bolshevik revolution. This observation demonstrates that from the very beginning of their rule, Soviet leaders approached legislative policy from a technocratic point of view, which determined the further development of Soviet legal theory and practice.

Added: Jul 20, 2012

Актуальные проблемы гуманитарных и социальных исследований. Материалы X Региональной научной конференции молодых ученых Сибири в области гуманитарных и социальных наук

Edited by: А. М. Аблажей, Н. В. Головко Новосибирск: Новосибирский государственный университет, 2012.

Added: Jan 21, 2013

Третий Международный Молодежный Форум юристов (межвузовская научно-практическая конференция студентов и профессорско-преподавательского состава) 06 декабря 2011 года «Роль юристов в развитии социального государства»: сборник докладов

М.: Российский экономический университет имени Г.В. Плеханова, 2011.

Added: Dec 14, 2012

Право на контрдемонстрации: угроза или индикатор уровня демократии?

Храмова Т. М. Конституционное и муниципальное право. 2012. № 7. С. 10-16.

The article is devoted to a particular form of freedom of assembly — the right to counter-demonstrate. The author underlines the value of this right as an element of democratic society, but also acknowledges the risk of violent actions among participants of opposing demonstrations. Due to this risk, the government may adopt adequate measures restricting the right to counter-demonstrate, certain types of which are analyzed in this paper.

Added: Jan 10, 2013

Legislation as a Source of Law in Late Imperial Russia

Borisova T. Y. Law. LAW. Высшая школа экономики, 2012. No. 04.

This article analyzes the usage of legislation as a legal source in the Russian Empire through the phenomenon of the publication of law. The author argues that the absence of separation of executive, legislative and court powers had definite negative effects for lawmaking and enforcement. The legislative politics of Russian emperors could be analyzed using Jürgen Habermas‘ concept of ―representative publicness‖ (representative öffentlichkeit): to a large extent, the tsars considered law as both an assertion of authority and a means of governing. Their actions towards strengthening legality in the state (i.e. the compulsory publication of legislation) were in essence symbolic or theatrical. In fact, since the separation of laws from executive acts did not exist in imperial Russia, the legislation was published (or stayed unpublished) exclusively for state administrators. The conflict in conceptions of legality between state and civil actors in the second half of the nineteenth century was not of a merely political nature. The article demonstrates that there was a public demand for publication of legislation; insufficient accessibility of legal information negatively influenced social and economic development in imperial Russia.

Added: Jul 20, 2012

Правовое регулирование градостроительной деятельности и землепользования в Российской Федерации и в городе Москве. Учебное пособие

Гринев В. П. М.: ГАСИС, 2008.

Added: Nov 14, 2013

Россия и Договор Энергетической хартии

Белый А. В. ЭКО. 2010. № 6. С. 97-114.

Development of standards of international controllability is reviewed in the article. Institutional approach is applied to development of international legal regime of Energy Charter. Definition of controllability is connected to development of international standards of dispute settlement, which are described in the article in detail. In connection with controllability, Russian interest, defense of investment in European Union and ecological investment encouragement, is reviewed in the article.

мировое управление и управляемость, Мировая экономика, международное экономическое право, энергетическая хартия, International control and controllability, International economics, international economic law, Energy Charter

Added: Oct 4, 2012

Культурные аспекты и правоприменительная практика в области прав человека в Кавказском регионе

Рябинин А. Л. Права человека в современном мире. WP18. НИУ ВШЭ, 2012. № 02.

Added: Jul 24, 2012

Наука международного частного права: французская школа бартолистов XV-XVI вв.

Гетьман-Павлова И. В. Государство и право. 2010. № 6. С. 84-92.

международное частное право; недвижимость; ; школа бартолистов; бартолисты; теория статутов; статуарная теория/

Added: Oct 1, 2012