THE ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHIES OF A POLARIZING CITY - MOSCOW, 1993-1996

Citation
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
Citations number
62
ISSN journal
10889388
Volume
38
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
567 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
1088-9388(1997)38:10<567:TEGOAP>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
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.