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Research<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Books<\/u><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2022. Party Politics in Russia and Ukraine: Electoral System Change in Diverging Regimes<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>New York, NY: New York University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reisinger, William M. and Bryon J. Moraski. 2017. The Regional Roots of Russia\u2019s Political <\/em>Regime<\/em><\/a>. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2006. Elections by Design: Parties and Patronage in Russia\u2019s Regions<\/a>. <\/em>DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Chapters & Journal Articles<\/u><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

*denotes graduate student author; ** denotes undergraduate student author<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bryon J. Moraski. 2025. “Recentralization and Autocratization in Putin’s Russia.”  In Recentralization Around the World<\/em>, Juan C. Olmeda and Alejandra Armesto, eds. New York: Palgrave, pp. 377-396.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klein, Aidan** and Bryon J. Moraski. 2020. \u201cIncentive to Deliver: Authoritarian Rule, Proportional Representation, and Support for Russia\u2019s Ruling Party<\/a>.\u201d Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties<\/em> 30(4): 524-41.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2017. \u201cReverse Coattail Effects in Undemocratic Elections: An Analysis of Russian Locomotives<\/a>.\u201d Democratization <\/em>24(4): 575-93.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2017. \u201cAdapting to Closed-list Proportional Representation: Lessons from Ukraine<\/a>.\u201d Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties<\/em> 27(2): 113-32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2016. \u201cSocial Media, Kyiv\u2019s Euromaidan, and Demands for Sovereignty in Eastern Ukraine.\u201d In Informational Politics, Protests, and Human Rights in the Digital Age<\/em>, Mahmood Monshipouri, ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 127-50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2015. \u201cClosed-list Proportional Representation in Russia: The Fates of Former District Deputies<\/a>.\u201d Party Politics<\/em> 21(3): 381-92.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reisinger, William M. and Bryon J. Moraski. 2013. \u201cGovernance or Deference? A Survival Analysis of Russia\u2019s Governors under Presidential Control.\u201d In Russia Beyond the Kremlin: Comparative Subnational Politics<\/em>, William Reisinger, ed. New York: Routledge, pp. 40-62.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. and Magda Giurcanu*. 2013. \u201cEuropean Reactions to the 2008 Georgian-Russian War: Assessing the Impact of Gas Dependence<\/a>.\u201d Studies in Comparative International Development 48(4): 432-56.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2013. \u201cConstructing Courts after Communism: Reevaluating the Effect of Electoral Uncertainty<\/a>.\u201d Communist & Post-Communist Studies<\/em> 46: 433-43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2012. \u201cThe Duma\u2019s Electoral System: Lessons in Endogeneity.\u201d In Handbook of Russian Politics and Society<\/em>, Graeme Gill and James Young, eds. New York: Routledge, pp. 102-14. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reisinger, William M. and Bryon J. Moraski. 2010. \u201cRegional Changes and Changing Regional Relations with the Center.\u201d In The Politics of Sub-National Authoritarianism in Russia<\/em>, Vladimir Gel’man and Cameron Ross, eds. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 67-84.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2009. \u201cJudicial Complexity Empowering Opposition? Critical Elections in Armenia and Georgia.\u201d In Democratization by Elections: A New Mode of Transition<\/em>, Staffan I. Lindberg, ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 269-88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2007. \u201cElectoral System Reform in Democracy\u2019s Grey Zone: Lessons from Putin\u2019s Russia<\/a>.\u201d Government & Opposition <\/em>42(4): 536-63.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. and William M. Reisinger. 2007. \u201cEroding Democracy: Federal Intervention in Russia\u2019s Gubernatorial Elections<\/a>.\u201d  Democratization <\/em>14(4): 603-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2006. \u201cMandating Party Development in the Russian Federation: Effects of the 2001 Party Law<\/a>.\u201d Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties <\/em>16(3): 199-219.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2006. \u201cProspects for Professional Parliaments in Russia’s Regions<\/a>.\u201d Journal of <\/em>Communist Studies & Transition Politics <\/em>22(2): 135-61<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 2003. \u201cElectoral System Design in Russian Oblasti <\/em>and Republics: A Four Case Comparison<\/a>.\u201d Europe-Asia Studies <\/em>55(3): 437-68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. and William M. Reisinger. 2003. \u201cExplaining Electoral Competition across Russia’s Regions<\/a>.\u201d Slavic Review <\/em>62(2): 278-301.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. and Charles R. Shipan. 1999. \u201cThe Politics of Supreme Court Nominations: A  Theory of Institutional Constraints and Choices<\/a>.\u201d  American Journal of Political Science<\/em> <\/em>43(4): 1069-95<\/span> [Reprinted<\/em> <\/strong>in Lee Epstein (ed.) 2005. Courts and Judges<\/em>. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, pp. 3-40].<\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. 1999. \u201cElectoral Systems, Changing Voter Preferences and the Success of Former Communist Parties in Baltic Elections.\u201d In Communist Successor Parties in Post-Communist <\/em>Politics<\/em>, John Ishiyama, ed. Commack, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., pp. 155-77.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moraski, Bryon J. and Gerhard Loewenberg. 1999. \u201cThe Effect of Legal Thresholds on the Revival of Former Communist Parties in East-Central Europe<\/a>.\u201d Journal of Politics <\/em>61(1): 151-70.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1208,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/bmoraski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/bmoraski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/bmoraski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/bmoraski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/bmoraski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/bmoraski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/bmoraski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/bmoraski\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}