Russia

Published on Nov 18, 2015

AP Comparative Government notes on Russia

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

DASH CAM LAWS

CAN IN PART EXPLAIN RUSSIA'S STATUS

RUSSIA

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

SOVEREIGNTY

AUTHORITY AND POWER
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SOURCES OF LEGITIMACY?

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Czars
Party leaders
1993 Constitution
Putin

SHAPED BY HISTORY

STRONG LEADERS NECESSARY
8% of Mongol empire still have his DNA
.5% of the world does too!
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ALSO...

  • Changing borders = cultural heterogeneity
  • Slavophile v. Westernizer
  • 20th Century revolutions
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POLITICAL CULTURE

WHAT ARE THE MAIN COMPONENTS?

URBAN

74% LIVE IN MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG
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GEOGRAPHY

ACCESS TO SEA, SIZE, RESOURCES, BORDERS

RELIGION

EASTERN ORTHODOX - STATISM, ISOLATION
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EQUALITY OF RESULT

"WE PRETEND TO WORK, THEY PRETEND TO PAY US"
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SKEPTICISM ABOUT POWER

BUT FAVOR STRONG LEADERS
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86% APPROVAL RATING

(AFTER THE UKRAINE CRISIS)

NATIONALISM

RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITSISM
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80% OF POPULATION

ARE ETHNIC RUSSIANS

FACTS ABOUT RUSSIA

MOSTLY VERIFIED BY THE INTERNET
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SWITCH TO PHOTO ALBUM

citizens

society and the state

cleavages

what divides the russian people?
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nationality

the most important division
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chechnya

muslim region fighting for freedom
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religioin

Orthodox church making a comeback (slowly)

muslims

2nd in european muslim population

Social class

peasants > party  vs. non members > egalitarian
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oligarchs

control much of russia's wealth and resources

Russia's Wealth

urban v. rural

which is the "real" russia?
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beliefs / attitudes

  • Mistrust of government
  • Statism
  • Capitalism v. socialism
  • Westernization v. Slavophile
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political participation

fairly high voter turnout
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civil society

relatively undeveloped w/ little participation

youth groups

Nashi = putin supporters
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institutions

of government

federal structure

89 regions aka. "republics" (21 are ethnically non-russian)
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asymetric federalism

some regions are stronger than others
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putin's '07 SMackdown

  • CREATION OF 7 SUPER-DISTRICTS LED BY A PRES. APPOINTEE
  • REMOVAL OF GOVERNORS WHO "DISOBEY CONSTITUTION"
  • APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNORS BY THE PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF ELECTIONS
  • ELIMINATION OF SINGLE-MEMBER-DISTRICT SEATS IN THE DUMA

LINKAGE INSTITUTIONS

STILL TODAY, NOT MUCH OF A LINK EXISTS

PARTIES

CREATED VIRTUALLY 'OVERNIGHT' IN 1991

UNITED RUSSIA

CREATED TO SUPPORT PUTIN'S FIRST ELECTION

pres. ELECTIONs

2000 = 53%, 2004 = 71.9%

CHOSEN SUCCESSOR

DMITRI MEDVEDEV '08 (71%)

president again

2012 = 63.6%

a just russia

social democratic party > slow transition to welfare state
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patriots of russia

COMMUNIST tendencies > lost to communists > (kremlin-created?)
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elections

three types
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referendum

called to gauge public support on issues
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duma elections

450 seats > proportional > 7% minimum vote required
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presidential elections

2-round majority-model (run-0ff) > '07 laws = less fair
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