Bryon
J. Moraski, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of
Florida
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Iowa, May 2001
M.A., Political Science, University of Iowa, May 1995
B.A., Political Science, Northeast Missouri State University (now, Truman State
University), May 1994
PUBLICATIONS
Book
·
Bryon Moraski. 2006. Elections by Design: Parties and Patronage in Russia's Regions.
Northern Illinois University Press
Contributions to Edited Volumes
· -- Forthcoming. “The Duma’s Electoral System: Lessons in Endogeneity.” In Handbook of Russian Politics and Society, Graeme Gill, ed. Routledge.
·
William Reisinger and
Bryon 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
·
-- 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
·
-- 2007. “Elections.” International Encyclopedia of
the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition, William A. Darity
et al., eds. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan
·
and Charles R. Shipan. 2005. “The Politics of Supreme Court
Nominations: A Theory of Institutional Constraints and Choices.” In Courts and Judges, Lee Epstein, ed.
Burlington, VT: Ashgate, pp. 3-40. [Reprint
of 1999 article in American Journal of
Political Science 43(4): 1069-95]
·
-- 1999. “Electoral Systems, Changing Voter Preferences and
the Success of Former Communist Parties in Baltic Elections.” In John
Ishiyama, ed. Communist Successor Parties in Post-Communist Politics: Commack, New York: Nova Science
Publishers, Inc., pp. 155-77
Journal Articles
·
-- 2009. “Revisiting Russia's Electoral System Reform: The
Importance of Context and Comparative Perspective.” Government and Opposition 44(2): 208-15
·
-- 2007. “Electoral System Reform in Democracy's Grey Zone:
Lessons from Putin's Russia.” Government and Opposition 42(4):
536-63
·
-- and William M. Reisinger. 2007.
“Eroding Democracy: Federal Intervention in Russia’s Gubernatorial
Elections.” Democratization 14(4): 603-21
·
-- 2006. “Mandating Party Development in the Russian
Federation: Effects of the 2001 Party Law.” Journal of Elections,
Public Opinion, and Parties 16(3): 199-219
·
-- 2006. “Prospects for Professional Parliaments in Russia's
Regions.” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics
22(2): 135-61
·
-- 2003. “Electoral System Design in Russian Oblasti and Republics: A Four Case
Comparison.” Europe-Asia Studies 55(3): 437-468
·
-- and William M. Reisinger. 2003.
“Explaining Electoral Competition across Russia's Regions.” Slavic
Review 62(2): 278-301
·
-- 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
·
-- 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]
Book Reviews
·
Review of “The Politics of Local Government in Russia, edited by Alfred B. Evans, Jr. and Vladimir Gel'man.” Russian Review 64(2) (2005): 369-70
·
Review of “Russia's Road to Deeper Democracy, by Tom Bjorkman.” Comparative Political Studies 37(5)
(2004): 614-17
·
Review of “The End of Eurasia: Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization, by Dmitri Trenin.” Europe-Asia Studies 55(2) (2003):
318-19
·
Review of “Center-Periphery Conflict in Post-Soviet Russia:
A Federation Imperiled, edited by Mikhail A. Alexseev.”
Canadian-American Slavic Studies Review, 35(2/3) (2001): 343-345
·
Review of “Elections as Instruments of Democracy: Majoritarian and Proportional Visions, by G. Bingham
Powell.” International Politics, 38(3) (2001): 448-450