Politics in the Russian Regions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: Power and the Russian Regions

   • Graeme Gill

   Pages 1-15

3. Russia’s Ethnofederalism: Under-Institutionalized, Not Self-Sustaining

   • Andreas Heinemann-Grüder

   Pages 16-53

4. Federalism and Defederalization in a Country in Transition: the Russian Experience

   • Oksana Oracheva

   Pages 54-77

5. Collaborative or Hegemonic? Tatarstan and Conflicting Visions of Federalism in Putin’s Russia

   • David Cashaback

   Pages 78-107

6. Not So Different After All? Centre-Region Relations: a Ukrainian Comparison

   • Kerstin Zimmer

   Pages 108-137

7. The Influence of Russian Big Business on Regional Power: Models and Political Consequences

   • Rostislav Turovsky

   Pages 138-160

8. Economic Actors in Russian Regional Politics: The Example of the Oil Industry

   • Julia Kusznir

   Pages 161-187

9. Russia’s Northern Periphery in Transition: Regional Fragmentation of the Far North?

   • Daniel Göler

   Pages 188-203

10. Conclusion: Democratization and Regional Politics?

    • Graeme Gill

    Pages 204-213

11. Back Matter

    Pages 214-219

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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.

• conflict
• democratization
• federalism
• Institution
• russian and post-soviet politics
• religion and society

"The maps and biblography are very helpful. An excellent book... Highly recommended." - CHOICE"To sum up, this is a cautiously written yet pioneering work dealing with the Russian - especially Siberian - economy, just before it burst recently with full force into international prominence. The authors warn that the situation, from both the political and economic viewpoint, is still fluid." - CHOICE

• Government and Public Administration, The University of Sydney, Australia

  Graeme Gill

DAVID CASHABACK Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada DANIEL GÖLER Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Bamberg, Germany ANDREAS HEINEMANN-GRÜDER Senior Research Analyst, Bonn International Centre for Conversion, Germany JULIA KUSZNIR Director, Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies, Koszalin, Poland OKSANA ORACHEVA Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Political Governance, Russian State Academy of Civil Service, Russia ROSTISLAV TUROVSKY Lecturer, Moscow State University, Russia KERSTIN ZIMMER Institute for Sociology, Philipps University Marburg, Germany

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