Thomas F. Remington is Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science at Emory University. He has taught at Emory since 1978. He is author of numerous books and articles, including The Russian Parliament: Institutional Evolution in a Transitional Regime, 1989 1999; The Politics of Institutional Choice: Formation of the Russian State Duma (co-authored with Steven S. Smith); Parliaments in Transition; The Truth of Authority: Ideology and Communication in the Soviet Union; Building Socialism in Bolshevik Russia; and a textbook on Russian politics, Politics in Russia. Remington is a past member