J. Oloughlin et al., THE ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHIES OF A POLARIZING CITY - MOSCOW, 1993-1996, Post-Soviet geography and economics, 38(10), 1997, pp. 567-600
A Russian-American team of political geographers analyzes voting patte
rns in Moscow's rayons from the 1993 and 1995 Russian State Duma and 1
996 presidential elections. More specifically, it investigates: (1) th
e extent to which spatial polarization manifest in economic and housin
g trends in the city is reflected in the development of political clea
vages and voting behavior; and (2) whether contextual influences, in a
ddition to these socioeconomic effects, are apparent in areas undergoi
ng such polarization. Voting patterns in an inner-Moscow neighborhood
undergoing gentrification and new commercial construction are examined
in an attempt to uncover additional insights into how these processes
unfold at a finer spatial scale.