Organization and institutionalization of Russia’s political parties in 1905—1917 and 1993—2007: Similarities and differences from two occidentalist periods

In this article, we use logit models to examine the role of the major characteristics of a political party's organization, (1) legitimation, (2) penetration/diffusion, (3) charisma, (4) ideology and (5) centralization/decentralization, in the institutionalization of parties in both pre-Soviet a...

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Published in:Party politics 2011-09, Vol.17 (5), p.581-609
Main Authors: Perepechko, Alexander S., ZumBrunnen, Craig, Kolossov, Vladimir A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Central Government
Charisma
Communism
Comparative analysis
Decentralization
Elections
Ideology
Institutions
Legitimation
Organization development
Organizational Development
Organizational Structure
Parliaments
Party organization
Party systems
Political Parties
Political systems
Postcommunist Societies
Russia
Russian Federation
Success
Westernization
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Summary:In this article, we use logit models to examine the role of the major characteristics of a political party's organization, (1) legitimation, (2) penetration/diffusion, (3) charisma, (4) ideology and (5) centralization/decentralization, in the institutionalization of parties in both pre-Soviet and post-Soviet Russian national parliamentary elections. The article begins by situating this research in the context of the theoretical and empirical literature on party origins, organizational development and institutionalization, in general, and party formation theories in post-communist countries, specifically. The impact of organizational features on electoral success or failure is analysed for 24 parties. The models correctly predicted both the successful and failed parties in the 2007 Russian Duma election and offer reasons for the apparent floating party system in Russia.
ISSN:1354-0688
1460-3683
DOI:10.1177/1354068810374744