CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Nigmatov, Vadim Gayratovich |
|---|---|
| Title | Professionalization of Political Campaigns. A Case study of Russian Parties in the Parlamentary Elections 2007. |
| Summary | The research analyzes professionalization of political campaigns of parties in the State Duma of the Russian Federation during the elections of 2007. By doing so it inquires whether the global techniques of professionalized campaigning are also extensively used by the Russian parties which function in the specific context of a ‘managed democracy’. Also the research study whether the internal factors of parties as ideology, internal structure and financial resource proposed by the party-centered theory of professionalized campaigning predetermine the level of parties’ adaptation to professional political campaigns in Russian context. The argument of this paper is that political parties in Russia uses global techniques of professionalized campaigning despite the limited party competition and the party system of a ‘managed democracy’ with the high impact of the state on parties. Nevertheless, the professionalization of campaigning is not fully developed. Furthermore, I argue that internal factors of parties as ideology, internal structure and financial resource may explain the level of professionalization of Russian parties’ campaigning but only in some cases. In the Russian context, besides variables proposed by the theory, the availability of high administrative capital/administrative resources impacts the level of campaign professionalization by parties. |
| Supervisor | Enyedi, Zsolt |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/nigmatov_vadim.pdf |
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