Governance In Russian Regions

Author : Sabine Kropp,Aadne Aasland,Mikkel Berg-Nordlie,Jørn Holm-Hansen,Johannes Schuhmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319617022

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Governance in Russian Regions by Sabine Kropp,Aadne Aasland,Mikkel Berg-Nordlie,Jørn Holm-Hansen,Johannes Schuhmann Pdf

This book investigates the emergence and working of governance networks in contemporary Russia. Drawing on a case study design, it provides a novel comparison of seven policy issues each investigated across various Russian regions or over time. Its authors reveal that governance networks are a ubiquitous phenomenon emerging in different regime types. It sheds light on how and why state authorities interact with non-state actors and unravels various types, functions and flavours of governance networks in Russia. By precisely tracing how state authorities govern networks under the terms of a hybrid regime, special emphasis is placed on the analysis of ‘meta-governance’ tools. Moreover, the book allows for theorising on governance in an increasingly authoritarian regime and thus can also be read as a unique contribution to research on governance theory in general. Creating a clear analytical framework it reflects the richness of governance theory and offers fresh perspectives on the nature of hybrid and ‘new’ authoritarian regimes. This original work will appeal to students and scholars of Russian Studies, public policy, political science, sociology, and public administration.

Author : Robert W. Orttung,East West Insitute
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1398 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315500553

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The Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation: A Guide to the Politics, Policies and Leaders by Robert W. Orttung,East West Insitute Pdf

Russia is divided into seven federal districts encompassing 89 units -- regions (oblasts), territories (krais), and republics. As central power has weakened, the importance of these units and their local leadership has increased commensurately. This work brings together in one volume all basic political, economic, and demographic data on every territorial unit of the Russian Federation, its local government structure, and electoral history current through the spring 2000 elections and the summer 2000 reorganization. Each entry includes an extensive profile of the president, governor, or prime minister, and an overview of local political trends, policies, economy, and business conditions.

Author : Cameron Ross,Adrian Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134075577

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Federalism and Local Politics in Russia by Cameron Ross,Adrian Campbell Pdf

With articles by a high quality set of contributors, including Richard Sakwa, Darrell Slider and Vladimir Gel’man, this book explores the increasingly authoritarian character of Putin’s rule, especially in his second term since 2004.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264102033

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Trade Policies in Russia The Role of Local and Regional Governments by OECD Pdf

This book analyses the role of regional governments in the trade policy of the Russian Federation. It examines regional trade-related policies, such as subsidies, taxes and licensing, and their implications.

Author : Valerie Sperling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429981586

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Building The Russian State by Valerie Sperling Pdf

This study critically assesses the condition of Russia's political, economic, social, legal, and military institutions and questions the capacity of the institutions to perform the duties of a state in the modern world. Has the Russian state managed to lay the institutional groundwork for long-term stability and democratic governance? The consensus of the contributors to this book is grim. The courts have grown increasingly complex, but their ability to enhance and support democracy has remained limited. State economic institutions have been unable to collect taxes, pay government workers, fund the healthcare system, pay its soldiers, or retain value in its currency. Political mechanisms for resolving center-periphery conflicts remain ineffective, and Russia's political institutions seem less focused on serving public interests than on enriching the power of those in power.

Author : Andrey Starodubtsev
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317136149

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Federalism and Regional Policy in Contemporary Russia by Andrey Starodubtsev Pdf

How do Russian leaders balance the need to decentralize governance in a socially and politically complex country with the need to guarantee political control of the state? Since the early 2000s Russian federal authorities have arranged a system of political control on regional elites and their leaders, providing a "police control" of special bodies subordinated by the federal center on policy implementation in the regions. Different mechanisms of fiscal federalism and investment policy have been used to ensure regional elites’ loyalty and a politically centralized but administratively decentralized system has been created. Asking clear, direct, and theoretically informed questions about the relationship between federalism, decentralization and authoritarianism, this book explores the political survival of authoritarian leaders, the determinants of policy formulation, and theories of federalism and decentralization, to reach a new understanding of territorial governance in contemporary Russia. As such, it is an important work for students and researchers in Russian studies and regional and federal studies.

Author : Peter Reddaway,Robert W. Orttung
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0742526461

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Dynamics of Russian Politics by Peter Reddaway,Robert W. Orttung Pdf

Who rules Russia? This question is generated by President Vladimir Putin's most ambitious reform program to date--his attempt since 2000 to reshape the Russian federation, centralize much of the power lost by the Kremlin to the eighty-nine regional governors during the 1990s, and strengthen his weak grip on Russia's institutions and political elite. In The Dynamics of Russian Politics Russian and Western authors from the fields of political science, economics, ethnology, law, and journalism examine the reform's impact on key areas of Russian life, including big business, law enforcement, corruption, political party development, health care, local government, small business, and ethnic relations. Volume I presents the historical context and an overview of the reforms, then tracks how Putin's plans were implemented and resisted across each of the seven new federal okrugs, or megaregions, into which he divided Russia. In particular, the authors analyze the goals and contrasting political styles of his seven commissars and how their often-concealed struggles with the more independent and determined governors played out. Volume II examines the impact of these reforms on Russia's main political institutions; the increasingly assertive business community; and the defense, police, and security ministries. It also analyzes how the reforms have affected such key policy areas as local government, health care, political party development, the battle against corruption, small business, ethnic relations, and the ongoing Chechen war. Together, the two volumes simultaneously reveal that Putin's successes have been much more limited and ambiguous than is widely believed in the West while offering detailed and nuanced answers to the difficult but crucial question: Who rules Russia?

Author : Karina Mikirova
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3865739652

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Governance Structures for Regional Ethnic Policy in the Russian Federation by Karina Mikirova Pdf

Author : Elena G. Popkova,Konstantin V. Vodenko
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030384975

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Public Administration and Regional Management in Russia by Elena G. Popkova,Konstantin V. Vodenko Pdf

This book addresses current challenges in public administration and regional management in Russia. By taking into account socio-economic factors, as well as key ethnic, cultural and social processes in multicultural regions, it identifies the prerequisites for successful public governance and regional management. The respective contributions cover a broad range of topics, including digitalization trends, managerial approaches, diversification strategies, and corporate cultures. Moreover, the book discusses the effects of ethnopolitical tensions and interethnic tolerance on public administration in Russia’s multicultural regions. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for scholars and public servants at governmental institutions.

Author : William M. Reisinger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135122478

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Russia's Regions and Comparative Subnational Politics by William M. Reisinger Pdf

Subnational political units are growing in influence in national and international affairs, drawing increasing scholarly attention to politics beyond national capitals. In this book, leading Russian and Western political scientists contribute to debates in comparative politics by examining Russia’s subnational politics. Beginning with a chapter that reviews major debates in theory and method, this book continues to examine Russia’s 83 regions, exploring a wide range of topics including the nature and stability of authoritarian regimes, federal politics, political parties, ethnic conflict, governance and inequality in a comparative perspective. Providing both qualitative and quantitative data from 20 years of original research, the book draws on elite interaction, public opinion and the role of institutions regionally in the post-Soviet years. The regions vary on a number of theoretically interesting dimensions while their federal membership provides control for other dimensions that are challenging for globally comparative studies. The authors demonstrate the utility of subnational analyses and show how regional research can help answer a variety of political questions, providing evidence from Russia that can be used by specialists on other large countries or world regions in cross-national scholarship. Situated within broader theoretical and methodological political science debates, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Russian politics, comparative politics, regionalism and subnational politics.

Author : Alexander Libman,Michael Rochlitz
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781788972192

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Federalism in China and Russia by Alexander Libman,Michael Rochlitz Pdf

The book offers a comparative analysis of center-region relations in Russia and in China. The authors focus in particular on fiscal ties and incentives, bureaucratic and local government practices, flows of information, and the determinants of divergence between both countries. The book is based on a synthesis of a large body of empirical and theoretical evidence, and will appeal to scholars in public economics, political economy and comparative politics, as well as to students and policy analysts.

Author : Maria Aluchna,Samuel O. Idowu,Irina Tkachenko
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030395049

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Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia by Maria Aluchna,Samuel O. Idowu,Irina Tkachenko Pdf

This book examines corporate governance through a holistic lens that integrates financial, social and environmental goals, e.g. increasing transparency and disclosure. In addition, it investigates the theoretical assumptions guiding the current corporate governance practices adopted by companies in Central Europe and Russia. The book presents a dynamic study on the evolution of corporate governance systems, which were practically non-existent just 30 years ago. In turn, it addresses criticism leveled at corporate governance, its impact on the outbreak of the financial crisis, and recommendations for changes after the crisis. The book employs a regional focus, exploring a group of countries that have often been neglected in corporate governance research. Carefully selected data and a variety of case studies prepared by leading authors from the region provide evidence to support the analysis.

Author : Alfred B. Evans,Vladimir Gelʹman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0742524795

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The Politics of Local Government in Russia by Alfred B. Evans,Vladimir Gelʹman Pdf

According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, adopted in 1993, local autonomy is one of the fundamental principles of the constitutional system. The Politics of Local Government in Russia aims to provide a dedicated and comprehensive discussion of the pursuit of local self-government in contemporary Russia where "local" refers to the third tier of government beyond federal and regional governments. Some of the ablest scholars in the field focus on the existing institutional and social climate for municipal and district level government in Russia while placing recent reforms in a comparative and historical perspective.

Author : Lev M. Freinkman,Plamen Yossifov
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Accounting
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Decentralization in Regional Fiscal Systems in Russia by Lev M. Freinkman,Plamen Yossifov Pdf

Abstract: April 1999 - Considering the positive impact decentralization has had on regional economic performance and expenditure structure, Russia's federal government should: Decisively protect local self-governance and budget autonomy; Make intergovernmental fiscal relations more transparent; Develop universal models of interactions between regional and municipal governments; Impose stricter limits on total debt and budget deficits of subnational governments. To shed light on decentralization in Russia, Freinkman and Yossifov examine intergovernmental fiscal relations within regions. To analyze trends, they review channels of fiscal allocation within regions-tax sharing and local transfer schemes. To evaluate the potential impact of various fiscal decentralization patterns on regional economic performance (including growth and the budget deficit), they study data on the structure of 89 Russian consolidated regional budgets for 1992-96. They find that local governments' relative share of Russia's consolidated budget, although substantive (roughly a quarter of the total budget), did not expand after 1994. The federal government's relative role in financing public goods and services declined as the relative role of local governments increased substantially. Local governments collected more revenues in 1996 (6.4 percent of GDP) and spent more than regional governments. They also substantially increased social financing (including health, education, and social protection). Russia made no progress toward a more transparent system for tax assignments. The average level of expenditure decentralization is similar for ethnically Russian regions and national republics and okrugs but revenue arrangements differ greatly. True decentralization has taken place in oblasts and krais, where local authorities are provided with a bigger share of subnational tax revenues. A redistribution model applies in republics and autonomous okrugs, where greater local outlays have been financed through larger transfers from regional governments. Regions near each other tend to have similar budget arrangements-the result of intensive interactions between neighbors and probably supported by the activities of regional associations. The size of a region's territory does not influence decentralization outcomes. Fiscal decentralization seems positively related to the share of education spending in regional budgets. And regions with more decentralized finances tend to experience less economic decline. But budget control is weaker in more decentralized regions. Instability and lack of transparency in intergovernmental fiscal relations provide subnational governments little incentive for responsible fiscal policy. Further decentralization without greater transparency could bring greater debt and deficits. This paper-a product of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, Europe and Central Asia Region - is part of a larger effort in the unit to study fiscal decentralization in transition economies. Lev Freinkman may be contacted at [email protected].

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Corporate governance
ISBN : 5932550724

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The Problems of Corporate Governance in Russia and Its Regions by Anonim Pdf