POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Mikhail Gorbachev, Party System
15 Apr 2013
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Case study that looks at the criteria for democratization. Look at the legacy of the soviets, shortcomings, and limits. Construct test answers in the same way as the essay. Recall the soviet national institutions were inadequate. State institutions were largely a fa ade that provided legitimacy for decisions that were made else where. We saw how the struggle between yelstin and the cpd"s evolved. Structural limits have been further constrained by a number of political weaknesses in the duma: Duma doesn"t have the type of party system essential for a legislative body. Yelstin what emerged was a highly fragmented party system in which the extreme right and extreme left dominated the system but did not achieve sufficient voting power to establish themselves as any type of party within the system. Under putin there is a dramatic change to the party system. Putin party has taken control of the legislative assembly.
