Political Parties in the Russian Regions

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Political Parties in the Russian Regions is written by Derek S. Hutcheson and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1134415656 (ISBN 10) and 9781134415656 (ISBN 13).

Since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia's party system has suffered a difficult and turbulent infancy. Moscow based parties have had only very limited territorial penetration, and fragmentation has been one of its most significant features. Based on extensive fieldwork in three Russian regions, this book examines the development of the country's party system and the role played by parties in regional politics. Using a comparative approach, it scrutinises the internal structures and activities of the parties, looks at their decision-making processes, their everyday party life, the activities of party members, and the role of regional party organisations in federal and local election campaigns.