Authored Books

Moraski, Bryon J. 2022. Party Politics in Russia and Ukraine: Electoral System Change in Diverging Regimes. New York, NY: New York University Press.

Reisinger, William M. and Bryon J. Moraski. 2017. The Regional Roots of Russia’s Political Regime. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2006. Elections by Design: Parties and Patronage in Russia’s Regions. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press.

Chapters in Edited Books

Moraski, Bryon J. 2016. “Social Media, Kyiv’s Euromaidan, and Demands for Sovereignty in Eastern Ukraine.” In Informational Politics, Protests, and Human Rights in the Digital Age, Mahmood Monshipouri, ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 127-50.

Reisinger, William M. and Bryon J. Moraski. 2013. “Governance or Deference? A Survival Analysis of Russia’s Governors under Presidential Control.” In Russia Beyond the Kremlin: Comparative Subnational Politics, William Reisinger, ed. New York: Routledge, pp. 40-62.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2012. “The Duma’s Electoral System: Lessons in Endogeneity.” In Handbook of Russian Politics and Society, Graeme Gill and James Young, eds. New York: Routledge, pp. 102-14.

Reisinger, William M. and Bryon J. Moraski. 2010. “Regional Changes and Changing Regional Relations with the Center.” In The Politics of Sub-National Authoritarianism in Russia, Vladimir Gel’man and Cameron Ross, eds. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 67-84.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2009. “Judicial Complexity Empowering Opposition? Critical Elections in Armenia and Georgia.” In Democratization by Elections: A New Mode of Transition, Staffan I. Lindberg, ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 269-88.

Moraski, Bryon J. 1999. “Electoral Systems, Changing Voter Preferences and the Success of Former Communist Parties in Baltic Elections.” In Communist Successor Parties in Post-Communist Politics, John Ishiyama, ed. Commack, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., pp. 155-77.Peer

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 

*denotes graduate student author; ** denotes undergraduate student author

Klein, Aidan** and Bryon J. Moraski. 2020. “Incentive to Deliver: Authoritarian Rule, Proportional Representation, and Support for Russia’s Ruling Party.” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties 30(4): 524-41.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2017. “Reverse Coattail Effects in Undemocratic Elections: An Analysis of Russian Locomotives.” Democratization 24(4): 575-93.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2017. “Adapting to Closed-list Proportional Representation: Lessons from Ukraine.” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties 27(2): 113-32.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2015. “Closed-list Proportional Representation in Russia: The Fates of Former District Deputies.” Party Politics 21(3): 381-92.

Moraski, Bryon J. and Magda Giurcanu*. 2013. “European Reactions to the 2008 Georgian-Russian War: Assessing the Impact of Gas Dependence.” Studies in Comparative International Development 48(4): 432-56.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2013. “Constructing Courts after Communism: Reevaluating the Effect of Electoral Uncertainty.” Communist & Post-Communist Studies 46: 433-43.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2007. “Electoral System Reform in Democracy’s Grey Zone: Lessons from Putin’s Russia.” Government & Opposition 42(4): 536-63.

Moraski, Bryon J. and William M. Reisinger. 2007. “Eroding Democracy: Federal Intervention in Russia’s Gubernatorial Elections.”  Democratization 14(4): 603-21.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2006. “Mandating Party Development in the Russian Federation: Effects of the 2001 Party Law.” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties 16(3): 199-219.

Moraski, Bryon J. 2006. “Prospects for Professional Parliaments in Russia’s Regions.” Journal of Communist Studies & Transition Politics 22(2): 135-61

Moraski, Bryon J. 2003. “Electoral System Design in Russian Oblasti and Republics: A Four Case Comparison.” Europe-Asia Studies 55(3): 437-68.

Moraski, Bryon J. and William M. Reisinger. 2003. “Explaining Electoral Competition across Russia’s Regions.” Slavic Review 62(2): 278-301.

Moraski, Bryon J. and Charles R. Shipan. 1999. “The Politics of Supreme Court Nominations: A  Theory of Institutional Constraints and Choices.”  American Journal of Political Science 43(4): 1069-95 [Reprinted in Lee Epstein (ed.) 2005. Courts and Judges. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, pp. 3-40].

Moraski, Bryon J. and Gerhard Loewenberg. 1999. “The Effect of Legal Thresholds on the Revival of Former Communist Parties in East-Central Europe.” Journal of Politics 61(1): 151-70.