Grigorii Golosov

Grigorii V. Golosov (Russian: Григорий Васильевич Голосов), sometimes spelled as Grigory Golosov, is a Russian political scientist. He is a professor and the Head of Political Science Department at the European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[1] He is notable as expert on political institutions and electoral systems, in particular, in application to Russia.^[2][3] His article "Electoral Systems and Party Formation in Russia" (Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 36, No. 8, October 2003, pp. 912–935) received a Lawrence Longley Award of the American Political Science Association for the best journal article on electoral systems and representation published in 2003.

Grigorii Golosov in May 2015

Biography

Grigorii Golosov was born in 1963. After his doctoral studies, from 1987 to 1995, he worked at Novosibirsk State University.^[4] He has been working at the European University at Saint Petersburg since 1996. In August 2002 through May 2003, he was a Residential Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.^[5] He is a member of editorial boards of Party Politics,^[6] Europe-Asia Studies,^[7] Slavic Review,^[8] Problems of Post-Communism,^[9] and several other national and international journals.

Books

In English

• Authoritarian Party Systems: Party Politics in Autocratic Regimes, 1945–2019 (2022).
• Political Parties in the Regions of Russia: Democracy Unclaimed (2004).

In Russian

• Партийные системы России и стран Восточной Европы: генезис, структуры, динамика (1999).
• Российская партийная система и региональная политика (2006).
• Демократия в России: инструкция по сборке (2012).
• Сравнительная политология и российская политика, 2010-2015 (2016).
• Сравнительная политология: Учебник, 4-е изд, перераб. и доп. (2018).
• Автократия, или Одиночество власти (2019).

Most cited articles

• "The Effective Number of Parties: A New Approach", Party Politics, Vol. 16, No. 2, March 2010, pp. 171–192.
• "Russia's Regional Legislative Elections, 2003-2007: Authoritarianism Incorporated", Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 63, No. 3, May 2011, pp. 397–414

Recent articles

• "Smart Enough to Make a Difference? An Empirical Test of the Efficacy of Strategic Voting in Russia’s Authoritarian Elections", Post-Soviet Affairs, first published electronically on July 24, 2020 as doi:10.1080/1060586X.2020.1796386 (co-authored: Mikhail Turchenko and Grigorii V. Golosov).
• "Party Nationalization and the Translation of Votes into Seats under Single-Member Plurality Electoral Rules", Party Politics, Vol. 24, No. 2, March 2018, pp. 118–128.

References

1. "Golosov, Grigorii". European University at St. Petersburg.
2. "Department of Political Science". European University at Saint Petersburg.
3. Ачкасов, В.А. (2002). Сравнительная политология : Курс лекций (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Социологическое общество им. М.М. Ковалевского. ISBN 5-94348-013-7.
4. "Григорий Голосов" (in Russian). Открытый Университет.
5. Wilson Center Announces Fellows Class of 2002—2003
6. Editorial Board
7. Editorial board
8. Slavic Review Staff and Editorial Board
9. "Problems of Post-Communism Editorial Board".