Cameron Ross is a Reader in Politics in the College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Dundee. He has published widely in the field of Russian politics particularly in the politics. His most recent books are: Regional Politics in Russia (2002), Federalism and Democratisation in Russia (2003), Russian Politics under Putin (2004). Adrian Campbell is a senior lecturer at the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham. He has been involved in researching and consulting in local and regional government in the Russian Federation and the CIS since 1990. He recently co-edited (with Andrew Coulson) a volume on Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe, also published by Routledge.

• 1. Leviathan’s Return: The Policy of Recentralization in Contemporary Russia Vladimir Gel’man 2. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Russian Federation in Comparative Perspective Michael Burgess 3. Federal Discourses, Minority Rights, and Conflict Transformation Andreas Heinemann-Grüder 4. Unification as a Political Project: The Case of Permskii Krai Oksana Oracheva 5. Putin and the Election of Regional Governors Darrell Slider 6. Electoral Reforms and Democratization: Russian Regional Elections 2002-6 Aleksandr Kynev 7. Russian Political Parties and Regional Political Processes: The Problem of Effective Representation Petr Panov 8. The Representation of Business Elites in Regional Politics: Étatism, Elitism and Clientelism Rostislav Turovsky 9. The Struggle for Power in the Urals Elena Denezhkina and Adrian Campbell 10. Local Self-Government in Russia: Between Decentralization and Recentralization Hellmut Wollmann and Elena Gritsenko 11. Russia’s Elusive Pursuit of Balance in Local Government Reform John F. Young 12. Vertical or Triangle? Local, Regional and Federal Government in the Russian Federation after Law 131 Adrian Campbell 13. Municipal Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism under Putin Cameron Ross

Cameron Ross is a Reader in Politics in the College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Dundee. He has published widely in the field of Russian politics particularly in the politics. His most recent books are: Regional Politics in Russia (2002), Federalism and Democratisation in Russia (2003), Russian Politics under Putin (2004). Adrian Campbell is a senior lecturer at the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham. He has been involved in researching and consulting in local and regional government in the Russian Federation and the CIS since 1990. He recently co-edited (with Andrew Coulson) a volume on Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe, also published by Routledge.

• 1. Leviathan’s Return: The Policy of Recentralization in Contemporary Russia Vladimir Gel’man 2. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Russian Federation in Comparative Perspective Michael Burgess 3. Federal Discourses, Minority Rights, and Conflict Transformation Andreas Heinemann-Grüder 4. Unification as a Political Project: The Case of Permskii Krai Oksana Oracheva 5. Putin and the Election of Regional Governors Darrell Slider 6. Electoral Reforms and Democratization: Russian Regional Elections 2002-6 Aleksandr Kynev 7. Russian Political Parties and Regional Political Processes: The Problem of Effective Representation Petr Panov 8. The Representation of Business Elites in Regional Politics: Étatism, Elitism and Clientelism Rostislav Turovsky 9. The Struggle for Power in the Urals Elena Denezhkina and Adrian Campbell 10. Local Self-Government in Russia: Between Decentralization and Recentralization Hellmut Wollmann and Elena Gritsenko 11. Russia’s Elusive Pursuit of Balance in Local Government Reform John F. Young 12. Vertical or Triangle? Local, Regional and Federal Government in the Russian Federation after Law 131 Adrian Campbell 13. Municipal Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism under Putin Cameron Ross

Cameron Ross is a Reader in Politics in the College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Dundee. He has published widely in the field of Russian politics particularly in the politics. His most recent books are: Regional Politics in Russia (2002), Federalism and Democratisation in Russia (2003), Russian Politics under Putin (2004). Adrian Campbell is a senior lecturer at the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham. He has been involved in researching and consulting in local and regional government in the Russian Federation and the CIS since 1990. He recently co-edited (with Andrew Coulson) a volume on Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe, also published by Routledge.

• 1. Leviathan’s Return: The Policy of Recentralization in Contemporary Russia Vladimir Gel’man 2. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Russian Federation in Comparative Perspective Michael Burgess 3. Federal Discourses, Minority Rights, and Conflict Transformation Andreas Heinemann-Grüder 4. Unification as a Political Project: The Case of Permskii Krai Oksana Oracheva 5. Putin and the Election of Regional Governors Darrell Slider 6. Electoral Reforms and Democratization: Russian Regional Elections 2002-6 Aleksandr Kynev 7. Russian Political Parties and Regional Political Processes: The Problem of Effective Representation Petr Panov 8. The Representation of Business Elites in Regional Politics: Étatism, Elitism and Clientelism Rostislav Turovsky 9. The Struggle for Power in the Urals Elena Denezhkina and Adrian Campbell 10. Local Self-Government in Russia: Between Decentralization and Recentralization Hellmut Wollmann and Elena Gritsenko 11. Russia’s Elusive Pursuit of Balance in Local Government Reform John F. Young 12. Vertical or Triangle? Local, Regional and Federal Government in the Russian Federation after Law 131 Adrian Campbell 13. Municipal Elections and Electoral Authoritarianism under Putin Cameron Ross