Federalism and Local Politics in Russia

ISBN-13: 9780415437028 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 328 str.

Opis

Explores the authoritarian character of Putin's rule, especially in his second term since 2004. Examining the tightening of the control of the federal government over the regions during the Putin era, this book shows how, contrary to his rhetoric about dev

Spis treści

1. Leviathan’s Return: The Policy of Recentralization in Contemporary Russia Vladimir Gel’man  2. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: the Russian Federation in Comparative Perspective Michael Burgess  3. Federal Discourses, Minority Rights, and Conflict Transformation Andreas Heinemann-Grüder  4. Unification as a Political Project: the Case of Permskii Krai Oksana Oracheva  5. Putin and the Election of Regional Governors Darrell Slider  6. Electoral Reforms and Democratization: Russian Regional Elections 2002-6 Aleksandr Kynev  7. Russian Political Parties and Regional Political Processes: The Problem of Effective Representation Petr Panov  8. The Representation of Business Elites in Regional Politics: Étatism, Elitism and Clientelism Rostislav Turovsky  9. The Struggle for Power in the Urals Elena Denezhkina and Adrian Campbell  10. Local Self-Government in Russia: Between Decentralization and Recentralization Hellmut Wollmann and Elena Gritsenko 11. Russia’s Elusive Pursuit of Balance in Local Government Reform John F. Young  12. Vertical or Triangle? Local, Regional and Federal Government in the Russian Federation after Law 131 Adrian Campbell  13. Municipal Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism under Putin Cameron Ross