Politics of Local Government in Russia

• Utgivningsdatum: 2004-06-03
• Mått: 165 x 234 x 26 mm
• Vikt: 608 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 308
• Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• ISBN: 9780742524798

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Alfred B. Evans Jr, is professor of political science at California State University, Fresno. Vladimir Gel'man is associate professor, faculty of political sciences and sociology, European University at St. Petersburg.

The essays in this volume start with the understanding that the project of post-Soviet municipal reform in Russia has failed. There is a sharp contrast between the stated principles of local autonomy and democracy and the realities of impoverished municipalities with ruling 'political machines' in Russia. The individual papers explore two dimensions of this failure. Three essays focus on the possibility of building local politics based on the past experience of the tsarist local government reforms of thelate 19th century. Seven essays focus on various aspects of local government in contemporary Russia: the role of the central and regional governments in limiting the development of local autonomy and democratization; local budget crises caused by transferof responsibilities from higher levels of government and enterprises, without an appropriate tax base; the unique challenges in local government in 'company towns;' the special case of Moscow. A concluding chapter describes Vladimir Putin's proposed reforms of local government and assesses their potential impact, concluding that the degree of independence of local governments will decrease as the national executive leadership consolidates its control over the hierarchy of administration. Recommended. Upp

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