How Effective Is Russion Federalism

Author : Cameron Ross,Adrian Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134075560

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

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.

Author : Patrick Wagner
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783656058243

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How Effective Is Russion Federalism? by Patrick Wagner Pdf

Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Russia, grade: 1 (A), University of Kent (Department of Politics and International Relations), 9 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Nowadays federalism is a widely used concept for organising states around the world. Although, genuinely federal systems can only be found in a minority of states, one can observe a trend towards regionalism and local self-government in many countries. A main principle of the EU, for example, is to give the regions within its member states as much power as possible - this means government at the lowest possible level. Even traditionally unitary states like Britain now allows regional parliaments. The state as a unitary entity, although not everywhere, seems to have lost its ability to unite a country. People believe that regional problems are best dealt with at a regional level rather than from a central government. Especially states with a very large territory seem to be prone to be organised in a federal way. Here, federalism is a guarantor of stability and integration, as a large territory usually includes many different ethnic groups and regions which claim a certain amount of independence within the state. Russia would thus perfectly fit into this pattern and one could think that federalism has a long tradition. However, the history is different: the Russian Empire under the Tsars was organised centrally and although the USSR claimed to be federal, regional politics was determined by Moscow. The fall of communism was used by many Soviet republics to gain independence. Those who stayed in the Russian Federation were given at least cultural independence, but linked to loyalty to Russia. Yeltsin's 1993 Constitution was the result of long struggles and bargaining about the degree of autonomy for the republics. Finally, the word 'autonomy' was not used to describe their status but the republics were allowed to have their own const

Author : Cameron Ross
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0719058708

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Federalism and Democratization in Post-Communist Russia by Cameron Ross Pdf

This book provides a comparative analysis of the electoral systems, party systems and governmental systems in the ethnic republics and regions of Russia and their impact on democratization and federalism, moving the focus of research from the national level to the vitally important processes of institution building and democratization at the local level and to the study of federalism in Russia.

Author : Gulnara R. Shaikhutdinova
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789462653757

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Contemporary Russian Federalism by Gulnara R. Shaikhutdinova Pdf

The focus of this book is the legal analysis of the evolution of federal relationships from an asymmetric treaty-constitutional federation to a de facto unitary state. Questioned is whether it is worth returning to the asymmetric federative form, while the aim is to review the origins of federalism in the New Russia, assess the present de jure and de facto situations and analyze whether Russia has a chance of reviving federalism. Steps forward on the way to developed federal relationships in the 1990s have been replaced by steps backwards owing to unitary tendencies in the 2000s and the 2010s. But is this a sustainable state of affairs? The possible ways of framing relations between the center and the constituent units for the next four years and beyond are also discussed. This book is aimed at researchers and students in the field of comparative constitutional law, Russian studies and federal and regional studies. Gulnara R. Shaikhutdinova is Professor and Doctor of International Law in the Faculty of Law of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation.

Author : Jeffrey Kahn
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191529962

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Federalism, Democratization, and the Rule of Law in Russia by Jeffrey Kahn Pdf

Combining the approaches of three fields of scholarship - political science, law and Russian area- tudies - the author explores the foundations and future of the Russian Federation. Russia's political elite have struggled to build an extraordinarily complex federal system, one that incorporates eighty-nine different units and scores of different ethnic groups, which sometimes harbor long histories of resentment against Russian imperial and Soviet legacies. This book examines the public debates, official documents and political deals that built Russia's federal house on very unsteady foundations, often out of the ideological, conceptual and physical rubble of the ancien régime. One of the major goals of this book is, where appropriate, to bring together the insights of comparative law and comparative politics in the study of the development of Russia's attempts to create - as its constitution states in the very first article - a 'Democratic, federal, rule-of-law state'

Author : Alexander Libman,Michael Rochlitz
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 54,5 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 : University of Toronto. Centre for Russian and East European Studies
Publisher : University of Toronto Centre for Russian and East European Studies
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015062632917

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Making Federalism Through Law by University of Toronto. Centre for Russian and East European Studies Pdf

Author : Mikhail Stoliarov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134417797

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Federalism and the Dictatorship of Power in Russia by Mikhail Stoliarov Pdf

Stoliarov presents an analysis of the historical traditions and distinctive features of modern Russian federalism. He reviews the state of affairs in today's Russia as it strives to become a federal democracy securing the rights and liberties of its citizens. By tracing two contrasting ideas - federalism and derzhavnost (dictatorship of power) - in the legacy of the Russian state, and in relations between the modern federal government and the regions, he demonstrates the need for balance in the delimitation of power. The election in 2000 if Vladimir Putin as President raised doubts about the future of federalism among politicians and citizens, but Stoliarov believes that the development of federalism is the only way forward for this multi-ethnic and multi-religious society. He shows that the strengthening of 'vertical power' and 'dictatorship of the law', despite their patriotic appeal, are likely to have a negative effect on the building of democracy and federalism in Russia.

Author : Andrey Starodubtsev
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Federal government
ISBN : 1032095954

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Federalism and Regional Policy in Contemporary Russia by Andrey Starodubtsev Pdf

Asking clear, direct and theoretically informed questions about the relationship between federalism, decentralisation and authoritarianism, this book explores the political survival of authoritarian leaders, the determinants of policy formulation and theories of federalism and decentralization to construct new frameworks for studying territorial go

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Central-local government relations
ISBN : 0203277139

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Federalism and the Dictatorship of Power in Russia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jorge Martinez-Vazquez,Jameson Boex
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082134840X

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Russia's Transition to a New Federalism by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez,Jameson Boex Pdf

WBI Learning Resources discuss issues in economic development policy and lessons from experience in a way that can be understood by non-specialists. This is the first in a series that will look at governance and decentralisation and looks at the implications of federalism on the growth of Russia's economy. In particular it looks at the impact of fiscal decentralisation as the way intergovernmental finances are resolved influences the transition and macroeconomic stability.

Author : Mikhail Venediktovich Stoli͡arov
Publisher : Routledge/Curzon
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Central-local government relations
ISBN : 0700716637

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Federalism and the Dictatorship of Power in Russia by Mikhail Venediktovich Stoli͡arov Pdf

This is an analysis of the historical traditions and distinctive features of modern Russian federalism. It reviews the state of affairs in today's Russia as it strives to become a federal democracy securing the rights and liberties of its citizens. By tracing two contrasting ideas -- federalism and derzhavnost (dictatorship of power) -- in the legacy of the Russian state, and in relations between the modern federal government and the regions, it demonstrates the need for balance in the delimitation of power.

Author : Peter H. Solomon
Publisher : Centre for Russian and East European Studies University of Toronto
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015063253481

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Recrafting Federalism in Russia and Canada by Peter H. Solomon Pdf

Author : University of Toronto. Centre for Russian and East European Studies
Publisher : Centre for Russian and East European Studies
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015062632909

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The Dynamics of "real Federalism" by University of Toronto. Centre for Russian and East European Studies Pdf

Author : Marc-Antoine Désy
Publisher : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Federal government
ISBN : 061279668X

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The Centralization of Russian Federalism Under Vladimir Putin [microform] : a Study of the Urals Federal District by Marc-Antoine Désy Pdf