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DemocracyinaRussianMirror Whatcanwelearnaboutdemocracyfromtheexperienceofpost-Soviet Russia? What can we learn about the prospects for democracy in Russia from the experience of “really existing democracies”? Must some“prerequisites,”culturalormaterial,befulfilledfordemocracyto becomepossible?Thisbookexaminesthecurrentstateofandprospects fordemocracyinRussia,posingseveralchallengestoourunderstand- ingofdemocracy.Thirteencontributorsexpandthedebateoverthese questions, offering a variety of insights, interpretations, and conclu- sions vital to understanding the conditions of emergence and survival ofsuccessfuldemocracies. Adam Przeworski is the Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Poli- tics at New York University. He previously taught at the University of Chicago, where he was the Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Ser- viceProfessor.Przeworskiistherecipientofthe1985SocialistReview BookAward,the1998GregoryM.LuebbertArticleAward,the2001 Woodrow Wilson Prize, the 2010 Lawrence Longley Award, and the 2010 Johan Skytte Prize. He has been a member of the American AcademyofArtsandSciencessince1991. 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ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107053397 ©AdamPrzeworski2015 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2015 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData DemocracyinaRussianmirror/editedbyAdamPrzeworski,NewYorkUniversity. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-1-107-05339-7(hardback) 1.Democracy–Russia(Federation) 2.Russia(Federation)–Politicsandgovernment– 1991– 3.Democracy–Russia. 4.Russia–Politicsandgovernment. I.Przeworski,Adam. dk510.76.d46 2015 320.947–dc23 2014044908 isbn978-1-107-05339-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurlsforexternal orthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtointhispublicationanddoesnotguaranteethatany contentonsuchWebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents Contributors pagexiii Introduction 1 part i russia 1 PeculiaritiesofRussianPolitics 7 AndranikMigranyan 1.1 TheLawofthePendulum 7 1.2 OnElections 9 1.3 OnSovereignDemocracy 13 1.4 AResponsetoMyCritics 25 2 ImitatingDemocracy,FeigningCapacity 30 StephenHolmes 2.1 Introduction 30 2.2 AProcrustianDichotomy 31 2.3 TwoIncarnations,OneSystem 33 2.4 TheGreatDisconnect 40 2.5 WhyStealElections? 45 2.6 Shock-AbsorberParties 50 2.7 DemocracyandItsPreconditions 54 2.8 DetachedandDisjointed 56 3 RussianPerspectivesonDemocracy,Political Emancipation,andIntegrity 58 MikhailIlyin 3.1 Introduction 58 3.2 PrimevalDemocracy 60 3.3 AuthorityversusPeople 63 vii viii Contents 3.4 SovereigntyofthePeople 68 3.5 DemocracyoftheSoviets 70 3.6 Perestroika:MoreDemocracy,MoreSocialism 73 3.7 CrippledDemocracy 74 3.8 SovereignDemocracy 75 3.9 SomeTentativeConclusions 77 4 ColorRevolutionsandRussia 78 ValerySolovei 4.1 Introduction 78 4.2 WereThereAnyRevolutions? 79 4.3 CausesoftheRevolutions 81 4.4 RevolutionaryResults 84 4.5 FollowingNicholasI 86 4.6 WhyNotRussiaorWhenRussia? 88 4.7 Conclusions 92 part ii democracy in a russian mirror 5 JudgingDemocracyasFormofGovernmentforGiven Territories:UtopiaorApologetics? 97 JohnDunn 5.1 DemocraticAuthorityasRepudiationof Self-Authorization 97 5.2 Agenda 99 5.3 Method 100 5.4 Elections 101 5.5 RussianParticularitiesandUniversalDilemmas 108 6 Democracy:AncientandModern,GoodandBad 110 PasqualePasquino 6.1 Introduction 110 6.2 Athens 112 6.3 TheThomistConceptualRevolution 113 6.4 WhatIsGoodandWhatIsBadaboutModern Democracy(Elections) 117 6.5 LessonsfromRussia 126 7 TheRoleofElectionsinDemocracy 130 BorisMakarenko 7.1 WhyAreElectionsImportant? 130 7.1.1 NotLimitedtoCompetition... 130 7.1.2 WhyElections? 133 7.1.3 HowMuchCompetition? 135 7.2 FunctionsofCompetitiveElections 136 7.2.1 InstitutingandConsolidatingDemocracy 136 7.2.2 LegitimizingWinnersandLosers 137
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