Overview

This book examines federalism and regional and local politics in Russia. Many commentators have alluded to the unique nature of Russia's dual transition and its difficult task of simultaneously reforming its economy and polity. But there is in fact a third transition under way in Russia that is of no less importance, the need to reconfigure central-local relations and to create a stable and viable form of federalism. Federal states are much more difficult to set up than unitary ones, and forging a new federal system at the same time as privatising the economy and trying to radically overhaul the political system has clearly made Russia's transition triply difficult. The book discusses how Vladimir Putin has re-asserted the power of the centre in Russia, and tightened the federal government's control of the regions. It shows how, contrary to his rhetoric about developing Russia as a free and democratic state, authoritarianism has been extended - through his reorganisation of the Federation Council, his usurpation of powers to dismiss regional assemblies and chief executives, and his creation of seven unelected super-governors. The book explores a wide range of issues related to these developments, including a comparative study of Russian federalism and local politics, ethnic federalism, the merging of federal units, regional governors, electoral and party reforms, and regional and local politics. It also includes case studies of local and regional politics in specific regions.

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Author:   Cameron Ross ,  Adrian Campbell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9780415437028

ISBN 10:   0415437024
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   08 October 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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Cameron Ross is a Reader in Politics in the College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Dundee. He has published widely in the field of Russian politics particularly in the politics. His most recent books are: Regional Politics in Russia (2002), Federalism and Democratisation in Russia (2003), Russian Politics under Putin (2004). Adrian Campbell is a senior lecturer at the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham. He has been involved in researching and consulting in local and regional government in the Russian Federation and the CIS since 1990. He recently co-edited (with Andrew Coulson) a volume on Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe, also published by Routledge.

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