Emerging Coalitions in the Soviet All-Union and Republican Legislatures

1989年和1990年，苏联举行了竞争性选举。 几十年来的第一次。 全联盟和共和党 随后召开的立法机构也再次 这是第一次公开的政治辩论，非一致投票， 并由立法者进行公开投票。随着削弱 在共产党执政期间， 在这些立法机构。 代表是否以及如何 各民族利益能够建立有效的政治 联盟或形成有效的政党是极端的 不仅关系到苏联民主的未来 同时也是关于立法联盟的社会科学理论 建筑更一般。 本研究将分析政治的形成和演变， 苏联立法机构中的联盟。 该项目将重点关注 种族分裂的方式与不同的 政治和解和对抗的模式， 不同的政党组织模式。 数据将收集于 全联盟立法机构中立法者的投票决定 以及五个加盟共和国的立法机构。 除了 作为当前研究的基础，这些数据将提供 为未来感兴趣的各种研究提供了宝贵的数据， 追踪苏联的民主化进程

In 1989 and 1990, competitive elections were held in the Soviet Union for the first time in decades. The all-Union and republican legislatures that subsequently were convened also feature, again for the first time, open political debate, non-unanimous voting, and recorded public votes by the legislators. With the weakening of the Communist Party, ethnic cleavages have begun to be apparent in these legislatures. Whether and how the representatives of various ethnic interests are able to build effective political coalitions or form effective political parties is of extreme interest not only to the future of democracy in the Soviet Union but also to social scientific theories about legislative coalition building more generally. This research will analyze the formation and evolution of political alliances in soviet legislatures. The project will focus on the way in which ethnic cleavages become associated both with different patterns of political accommodation and confrontation, and with different patterns of party formation. Data will be collected on the voting decisions of legislators in the all-Union legislature and in the legislatures of five union republics. In addition to providing the basis for the current study, the data will provide valuable data for a variety of future studies interested in tracking the process of democratization in the Soviet Union.