{"product_id":"popular-choice-and-managed-democracy-the-russian-elections-of-1999-and-2000-9780815715351","title":"Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Timothy J. Colton | Michael McFaul\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brookings Institution Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brookings Institution Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-Communism \u0026amp; Socialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwice in the winter of 1999-2000, citizens of the Russian Federation flocked to their neighborhood voting stations and scratched their ballots in an atmosphere of uncertainty, rancor, and fear. This book is a tale of these two elections--one for the 450-seat Duma, the other for President. Despite financial crisis, a national security emergency in Chechnya, and cabinet instability, Russian voters unexpectedly supported the status quo. The elected lawmakers prepared to cooperate with the executive branch, a gift that had eluded President Boris Yeltsin since he imposed a post-Soviet constitution by referendum in 1993. When Yeltsin retired six months in advance of schedule, the presidential mantle went to Vladimir Putin--a career KGB officer who fused new and old ways of doing politics. Putin was easily elected President in his own right. This book demonstrates key trends in an extinct superpower, a troubled country in whose stability, modernization, and openness to the international community the West still has a huge stake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brookings Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47613979328663,"sku":"9780815715351","price":2851.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780815715351.webp?v=1775089383","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/popular-choice-and-managed-democracy-the-russian-elections-of-1999-and-2000-9780815715351","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}