The Dynamics of Russian Politics Putin's Reform of Federal-Regional Relations

by Reddaway, Peter; Orttung, Robert W.; Demidov, Boris; Hanson, Philip; Hale, Henry E.; Kontorovich, Vladimir; Kuzes, Irina Y.; Lankina, Tomila; Nelson, Lynn D.; Pain, Emil; Petrov, Nikolai; Reddaway, Peter; Rutland, Peter; Slider, Darrell; Solomon Jr, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780742526457
• ISBN10: 0742526453
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-26
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In May 2000, President Vladimir Putin created seven federal okrugs to impose greater federal control over Russia's regions. Volume II of The Dynamics of Russian Politics examines the impact of these reforms on Russia's main political institutions; the increasingly assertive business community; and the defense, police, and security ministries.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
Robert W. Orttung
Peter Reddaway
Part I: Institutions
The Security Dimension of the Federal Reforms	7	(26)
Nikolai Petrov
How Have the Presidential Envoys Changed the Administrative-Political Balance of Putin's Regime?	33	(32)
Nikolai Petrov
Russia's Regions and Law Enforcement	65	(26)
Brian D. Taylor
Courts and Federalism in Putin's Russia	91	(32)
Alexei Trochev
Peter H. Solomon Jr.
The Regions' Impact on Federal Policy: The Federation Council	123	(22)
Darrell Slider
President Putin's Local Government Reforms	145	(34)
Tomila Lankina
Party Development in a Federal System: The Impact of Putin's Reforms	179	(36)
Henry E. Hale
Part II: Business
Big Business in Russia's Regions and Its Role in the Federal Reform	215	(26)
Natalia Zubarevich
Small Business and Putin's Federal Reform	241	(26)
Vladimir Kontorovich
Power Struggle: Reforming the Electricity Industry	267	(28)
Peter Rutland
Part III: Policies
Federalism with a Russian Face: Regional Inequality and Regional Budgets in Russia	295	(24)
Philip Hanson
Corruption in Russia, 2000--2003: The Role of the Federal Okrugs and Presidential Envoys	319	(22)
Boris Demidov
Reforms in the Administration of the Regions and Their Influence on Ethnopolitical Processes in Russia, 1999--2003	341	(30)
Emil Pain
The Chechen War as the Prelude and Model for Federal Reforms in Russia	371	(24)
Emil Pain
Health Care under the Federal Reforms	395	(32)
Judyth L. Twigg
Implications of the Federal Reform in Three Regions: Sverdlovsk, Smolensk, and Voronezh	427	(36)
Lynn D. Nelson
Irina Y. Kuzes
Conclusion: The Overall Impact of the Reforms	463	(60)
Robert W. Orttung
Peter Reddaway
Postcript on Putin's Federal Reforms Launched in September 2004	481	(4)
Appendix A: Interview with the Chief Federal Inspector (CFI) for the Perm Region, Nikolai Anatolevich Fadeyev	485	(8)
Appendix B: Maps of the Seven Federal Okrugs	493	(10)
Index	503	(20)
About the Contributors	523