This volume analyzes the changing power relations in the Russian regions and in their relationship with the centre. It considers Russian federalism and the changes that Putin has introduced, and the distribution of power at the regional level. The result is a rich survey of the state of federal relations in Russia.
This volume analyzes the changing power relations in the Russian regions and in their relationship with the centre. It considers Russian federalism and the changes that Putin has introduced, and the distribution of power at the regional level. The result is a rich survey of the state of federal relations in Russia.
Introduction: Power and the Russian Regions; G.Gill Russia's Ethnofederalism: Under-Institutionalized, Not Self-Sustaining; A.Heinemann-Gruder Federalism and Defederalization in a Country in Transition: The Russian Experience; O.Oracheva Collaborative or Hegemonic? Tatarstan and Conflicting Visions of Federalism in Putin's Russia; D.Cashaback Not So Different After All? Centre-Region Relations: A Ukrainian Perspective; K.Zimmer The Influence of Russian Big Business on Regional Power: Models and Political Consequences; R.Turovsky Economic Actors in Russian Regional Politics: The Example of the Oil Industry; J.Kusznir Russia's Northern Periphery in Transition: Regional Fragmentation of the Far North; D.Göler Conclusion: Democratization and Regional Politics; G.Gill