Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Question #12 (18 March)

Each weekday between now and May 1, I'll post a question about comparative government and politics.

You submit an answer to the "Questions" e-mail link at the What You Need to Know web site.

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Here's Question No. 12:
Since Putin's reforms in the past three years seem to be reducing the choices available to voters, what has he done to promote legitimacy of the Russian regime and his government?


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

they are all superintented to make that decision on there own.

Ken Wedding said...

I'm publishing this comment because "anonymous" is the first brave person to respond to one of these questions.

Unfortunately, this response makes no sense in the context of the question.

There is no "they" in the question. There is nothing about a "decision" in the question.

The question is really about the sources of legitimacy and what Putin has done to promote legitimacy while limiting democracy (usually thought of as a foundation of legitimacy).