When Majorities Fail: The Russian Parliament, 1990-1993 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

When Majorities Fail: The Russian Parliament, 1990-1993 (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) Book

When Majorities Fail is a study of institutional failure in Russia's first democratic legislature. 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. This is the first book-length study of a peculiar form of chaos (cycling) that can exist in majority rule institutions when institutional rules are weak. Not only does this study identify cycling in an important institutional setting--the Russian national legislature--it shows that poor institutional design has important consequences for the consolidation of democracy in transitional countries.Read More

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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.

  • 0521030595
  • 9780521030595
  • Josephine T. Andrews
  • 2 November 2006
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 296
  • New Ed
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