Shadow Separatism: Implications for Democratic Consolidation

ISBN-13: 9780815397007 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 158 str.

Matthew Crosston

Opis

Originally published in 2004. The study challenges some long-accepted conclusions about democratization and the devolution of power, advancing into new international arenas Riker and Dahl's relatively-ignored theoretical concerns that decentralized federations are ineffective and disintegrative while centralized federations are consolidating.

Spis treści

Contents: Wading through the Russian democratic quagmire; Gaining advantage: comparing foundations of Russian federalism; The republic of Tatarstan: quietly constructing a 'clan' confederation; Sverdlovsk oblast: protecting the Crown kingdom; Lipetsk oblast: the model no-one knows; Center vs. periphery; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Matthew Crosston