The fall of the Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc has been covered in print to an almost exhaustive degree. However, there has been very little written that focuses on the regions of the former Soviet Union, or on the Russian Federation itself. This book builds on Cameron Ross' earlier work, Regional Politics in Russia, by combining theoretical perspectives with empirical work, to provide a comparative analysis of the electoral systems, party systems, and governmental systems in the ethnic republics and regions and to assess the impact of these different institutional arrangements on democratization and federalism.
Author(s): Cameron Ross
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 208
Contents......Page 6
List of tables, boxes and appendices......Page 7
Abbreviations......Page 9
1 Introduction......Page 12
2 The Soviet legacy and Russian federalism, 1991–93......Page 28
3 Federalism and constitutional asymmetry......Page 40
4 From ethnic to legal and economic separatism......Page 64
5 Fiscal federalism and socio-economic asymmetry......Page 83
6 Federalism and political asymmetry: regional elections and political parties......Page 103
7 Federalism and political asymmetry: executive versus legislative power......Page 133
8 Federalism under Putin......Page 148
9 From constitutional to political asymmetry: crafting authoritarian regimes in Russia’s regions and republics......Page 168
10 Conclusions......Page 183
Index......Page 189
