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Regional Voting in Russia’s Federal Elections and Changing Regional Deference to the Kremlin (with Bryon J. Moraski), 67th Annual National Conference of the (2009)
We analyze voting returns from ten federal-level Russian elections (1991-2008) using political, economic, social and...
The Relationship between Turnout and Competition Levels in Russia (with Bryon J. Moraski), 66th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (2008)
We examine voter turnout in the 89 administrative units comprising the Russian Federation for elections...
Eroding Democracy: Federal Intervention in Russia's Gubernatorial Elections (with B j. Boraski), Democratization (2007)
Parliamentary Power in Russia, 1994-2001: President vs. Parliament, Canadian-American Slavic Studies (2006)
The 1999-2000 Elections and Russia’s Prospects for Democracy (with Vicki L. Hesli), The 1999-2000 Elections in Russia: Their Impact and Legacy (2003)
The Gender Divide in Russian Politics (with Vicki l. Hesli and Ha-Lyong Jung), Women & Politics (2001)
In this article, we revisit the question of the gender divide in Russian politics. The...
Emerging Party Systems in Post-Soviet Societies: Fact or Fiction?* (with Arthur H. Miller and Gwyn Erb), Journal of Politics (2000)
The political science literature reflects two viewpoints regarding the formation of party systems in post-Soviet...
Establishing Representation: Mass and Elite Political Attitudes in Ukraine (with Arthur H. Miller and Thomas F. Klobucar), Ukraine: The Search for a National Identity (2000)
Slavophiles and Commissars: Enemies of Democracy in Modern Russia, Canadian American Slavic Studies (2000)
Local Heroes: The Political Economy of Russian Regional Governance, American Political Science Review (1999)
Legal Orientations and the Rule of Law in Post-Soviet Russia, Constitutional Dialogues in Comparative Perspective (1999)
Mass-Elite Linkages Through Political Parties in Post-Soviet Russia (with Arthur H. Miller and Vicki L. Hesli), Comparative Political Parties and Party Elites: Essays in Honor of Samuel J. Eldersveld (1999)
The Patriarch and the President: Religion and Political Choice in Russia (with Vicki L. Hesli and Ebru Erdem), Demokratizatsiya (1999)
Political party development in divided societies: the case of Ukraine (with Vicki L. Hesli), Electoral Studies (1998)
Theoretically, we are interested in how party development progresses in newly "democratic" polities. We have...
Russian 1996 presidential election: referendum on democracy or a personality contest? (with Arthur h. Miller), Electoral Studies (1998)
Assessments of the 1996 Russian presidential election have produced a cacophony of theories concerning the...
Can Democracy Take Root in Post-Soviet Russia? Explorations in State-Society Relations (with Harry Eckstein, Frederick J. Fleron, and Erik P. Hoffman) (1998)
Congruence Theory as a Perspective on Russian Politics, Can Democracy Take Root in Post-Soviet Russia? Explorations in State-Society Relations (1998)
Ideological Divisions and Party-Building Prospects in Post-Soviet Russia (with Arthur H. Miller and Vicki L. Hesli), Elections and Voters in Postcommunist Russia (1998)
Leader Popularity and Party Development in Post-Soviet Russia, (with Arthur H. Miller and Vicki L. Hesli), Elections and Voters in Postcommunist Russia (1998)
Social Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Lithuania (with Arthur H. Miller), Post-Soviet Affairs (1998)
“Survey Research and Authority Patterns in Contemporary Russia, Can Democracy Take Root in Post-Soviet Russia? Explorations in State-Society Relations (1998)
Transitions from Communism: Putting Society in Its Place, Can Democracy Take Root in Post-Soviet Russia? Explorations in State-Society Relations (1998)
The Sources of Support for Separatism: Public Opinion in Three Soviet Republics (with Vicki L. Hesli and Arthur H. Miller), Nations and Nationalism (1997)
The replacement of the Soviet Union by independent states rather than by a loose confederation...
Conceptions of Democracy Among Mass and Elite in Post-Soviet Societies (with Arthur H. Miller and Vicki L. Hesli), British Journal of Political Science (1997)
What do citizens and political leaders have in mind when they think about democracy? This...
From Perestroika to Privatisation: The Politics of Property Change in Russian Society 1985-1991,, Slavic Review (1997)
Russians and the Legal System: Mass Views and Behaviour in the 1990s, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics (1997)
Mass and Elite Political Outlooks in Post-Soviet Russia: How Congruent? (with Andrei melville), Political Research Quarterly (1996)
Political scientists have long sought to understand the representation of mass publics by their political...
Understanding Political Change in Post-Soviet Societies (with Arthur H. Miller and Vicki L. Hesli), American Political Science Review (1996)
Understanding Political Change in Post-Soviet Societies: a Further Commentary On Finifter and Mickiewicz (with Arthur H. Miller), American Political Science Review (1996)
Modernization theory suggests that in the post-World War II period increased education promoted public support...
Public Behavior and Political Change in Post-Soviet States (with Arthur H. Miller), The Journal of Politics (1995)
Do the former Soviet societies possess a stratum of citizens sufficiently active--and active in the...
Political Norms in Rural Russia: Evidence from Public Attitudes (with Arthur H. Miller), Europe-Asia Studies (1995)
Comparing Citizen and Elite Belief Systems in Post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine (with Arthur H. Miller and Vicki L. Hesli), Public Opinion Quarterly (1995)
No previous research has systematically compared the policy preferences and attitudinal constraint of elites and...
Economic, Legal and Political Dilemmas of Privatization in Russia (with Gerald Nordquist and John C. Reitz), Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems (1995)
The Renaissance of a Rubric: Political Culture As Concept And Theory, International Journal of Public Opinion Research (1995)
In recent years, several prominent scholars have attempted to reinvigorate political-culture theory and defend it...
The Road to Post-Communism Independent Political Movements in the Soviet Union 1985-1991,, Russian Review (1995)
Comment on Brym and Degtyarev's Discussion of Anti-Semitism in Moscow (with Vicki L. Hesli and Arthur H. Miller), Slavic Review (1994)
Social Distance from Jews in Russia and Ukraine (with Vicki L. Hesli and Arthur H. Miller), Slavic Review (1994)
Reassessing mass support for political and economic change in the former USSR (with Arthur h. Miller and Vicki L. Hesli), American Political Science Review (1994)
Findings reported by Finifter and Mickiewicz (1992) are reexamined using survey data collected in Russia,...
Political Values in Russia Ukraine and Lithuania: Sources and Implications for Democracy (with Arthur H. Miller), British Journal of Political Science (1994)
Employing data from three surveys of mass opinion conducted in Lithuania, Ukraine and European Russia...
Conclusions: Mass Public Opinion and the Study of Post-Soviet Societies, Public Opinion and Regime Change: The New Politics of Post-Soviet Societies (1993)
Public Opinion and Emerging Political Parties (with Alexander I. Nikitin), Public Opinion and Regime Change: The New Politics of Post-Soviet Societies (1993)
Public Opinion and Regime Change: The New Politics of Post-Soviet Societies (with Arthur H. Miller and Vicki L. Hesli) (1993)
Troubleshooters, Political Machines, and Moscow's Regional Control (with John Willerton), Slavic Review (1991)
Institutionalizing the New Supreme Soviet: Results from the First Sessions (with Michael A. Jogerst), International Newsletter of the Research Committee of Legislative Specialists (1991)
Public support for new political institutions in Russia, the Ukraine, and Lithuania (with Arthur H. Miller), Journal of Soviet Nationalities (1991)
Defense allocations in Eastern Europe: Alliance politics and leadership change (with Glenn Palmer), International Interactions (1990)
Abstract To investigate the influence of international and domestic factors on the defense spending of...
Past performance of former regional officials: Regional economic growth under Gorbachev, Ligachev and Other National Leaders (with John p. Willerton), Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics (1990)
2 x 2 Games of Commitment in World Politics, International Studies Quarterly (1989)
This note expands on a recent article in International Studies Quarterly by Maoz and Felsenthal...
National Entanglements in International Governmental Organizations, The Politics of International Organizations (1988)
Political Elite Mobility in the Locales: Toward a Modified Patronage Model (with john P. Willerton), Political Power and Elites in the USSR (1988)
The Brezhnev doctrine and polish-Soviet bargaining, 1971, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics (1987)
Situational and Motivational Assumptions in Theories of Coalition Formation, Legislative Studies Quarterly (1986)
Positive theories of coalition formation deduce expected behavior from two kinds of assumptions: those concerning...
National Entanglements in International Governmental Organizations (with Harold K. Jacobson), American Political Science Review (1986)
There has been a growing propensity among states to associate together in international governmental organizations,...