Transitional Citizens

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Transitional Citizens looks at the newly empowered citizens of Russia's protodemocracy facing choices at the ballot box that just a few years ago, under dictatorial rule, they could not have dreamt of.While in the West politicians argue over refinements to social systems in basically good working order, in the Russian Federation they address graver concerns -- dysfunctional institutions, individual freedom, nationhood, property rights, provision of the basic necessities of life -- in an unparalleled economic downswing. While recent Russian campaigns might give an impression of political chaos, Timothy Colton finds that voting in transitional Russia is in fact highly patterned. Further, Colton reveals that post-Communist voting is not driven by any single explanatory factor such as ethnicity, charismatic leadership, or financial concerns, but rather by multiple causes interacting in complex ways. He gives us the most sophisticated and insightful account yet of the citizens of the new Russia.