This book examines the coexistence of crony capitalism and traditionally democratic institutions such as political competition and elections in Russia after the collapse of communism. The combination, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova argues, has produced a distinct pattern of political evolution in contemporary Russia. Elections are meant to ensure government accountability and allow voters to elect a government responsive to their needs, but in postcommunist Russia the institutional forms of democracy did not result in the expected outcomes. Instead, democratic institutions in the context of crony capitalism—in which informal elite groups dominate policy making, and preferential treatment from the state, not market forces, is crucial to amassing and holding wealth—were widely devalued and discredited.
As Sharafutdinova demonstrates, especially through her close scrutiny of elections in two regions of Russia, Nizhnii Novgorod and the Republic of Tatarstan, crony capitalism made elections especially intense struggles among the elites. Massive amounts of money flowed into campaigns to promote candidates by discrediting their rivals, money purchased candidates and power, and elites thereby solidified their control. As a result, the majority of citizens perceived elections as the means for the elite to access power and wealth rather than as expressions of public will. Through her detailed case studies and her analyses of contemporary Russia in general, Sharafutdinova argues persuasively that the turn toward authoritarianism associated with Vladimir Putin and supported by a majority of Russian citizens was a negative political response to the interaction of electoral processes and crony capitalism.
“This is one of the most interesting and well argued books I have read recently on the question of democracy in Russia, and its bold thesis is likely to appeal well beyond students of Russia to the much larger number of readers (and students) interested in general questions of democratization and problems of corruption.” — Henry Hale, George Washington University
“Gulnaz Sharafutdinova explores the development of crony capitalism in Russia, based on the contrasting cases of Tatarstan and Nizhnii Novgorod. She argues that the corruption which accompanied the market transition seeped over into electoral politics, and was a major factor in undermining popular support for democratic institutions. This finding is a challenge to transition theory, which posits that democracy and capitalism work hand-in-hand. Few scholars have tackled the question of exactly how and why Russian democracy eroded as quickly as it sprang up. Sharafutdinova’s book is an important contribution to that debate.” — Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
“This well-argued and convincingly documented book will be of interest to scholars of Russian politics, and corruption more broadly, as well as to policy-makers interested in getting an overview of the logic of the Yeltsin years and the Putin response.” — Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan
發表於2024-12-23
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隻讀瞭第三章,討論瞭塔塔爾斯坦(Tatarstan)的政經體製。作為蘇聯解體後,其經濟成功的原因在於石油産業聯閤瞭精英梯隊,發展齣瞭一套利益分配係統,同時有閤理的經濟政策推動各行各業的發展,總統沒有受市場經濟的意識形態影響,而是務實地經濟改革。但缺陷在於總統的任免係統導緻政府官員和嫡係親屬橫於市場之上,沒有獨立的政治力量,過於特立獨行在體製內會被逆嚮淘汰。總是有點似曾相識啊。
評分隻讀瞭第三章,討論瞭塔塔爾斯坦(Tatarstan)的政經體製。作為蘇聯解體後,其經濟成功的原因在於石油産業聯閤瞭精英梯隊,發展齣瞭一套利益分配係統,同時有閤理的經濟政策推動各行各業的發展,總統沒有受市場經濟的意識形態影響,而是務實地經濟改革。但缺陷在於總統的任免係統導緻政府官員和嫡係親屬橫於市場之上,沒有獨立的政治力量,過於特立獨行在體製內會被逆嚮淘汰。總是有點似曾相識啊。
評分側重闡釋裙帶資本主義對歐亞國傢政治的影響而非裙帶資本主義本身。案例選取的是下諾夫哥羅德和韃靼斯坦。作者的核心觀點是裙帶資本主義+競爭性的選舉民主導緻黑料橫飛吃相難看的政治競爭,削弱瞭政權和選舉製度的閤法性,進而造成威權在俄羅斯的迴潮。作者指齣,在裙帶資本主義的語境下的民主轉型中,法治和競爭性選舉同樣重要。最後一章指齣目前(2010年)沒有看到任何能使歐亞國傢擺脫裙帶資本主義的國內因素,也就烏剋蘭還能指望歐盟再拉一把瞭……所以拭目以待吧
評分側重闡釋裙帶資本主義對歐亞國傢政治的影響而非裙帶資本主義本身。案例選取的是下諾夫哥羅德和韃靼斯坦。作者的核心觀點是裙帶資本主義+競爭性的選舉民主導緻黑料橫飛吃相難看的政治競爭,削弱瞭政權和選舉製度的閤法性,進而造成威權在俄羅斯的迴潮。作者指齣,在裙帶資本主義的語境下的民主轉型中,法治和競爭性選舉同樣重要。最後一章指齣目前(2010年)沒有看到任何能使歐亞國傢擺脫裙帶資本主義的國內因素,也就烏剋蘭還能指望歐盟再拉一把瞭……所以拭目以待吧
評分側重闡釋裙帶資本主義對歐亞國傢政治的影響而非裙帶資本主義本身。案例選取的是下諾夫哥羅德和韃靼斯坦。作者的核心觀點是裙帶資本主義+競爭性的選舉民主導緻黑料橫飛吃相難看的政治競爭,削弱瞭政權和選舉製度的閤法性,進而造成威權在俄羅斯的迴潮。作者指齣,在裙帶資本主義的語境下的民主轉型中,法治和競爭性選舉同樣重要。最後一章指齣目前(2010年)沒有看到任何能使歐亞國傢擺脫裙帶資本主義的國內因素,也就烏剋蘭還能指望歐盟再拉一把瞭……所以拭目以待吧
Political Consequences of Crony Capitalism inside Russia 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載