Federalism and the Dictatorship of Power in Russia: Stoliarov, Mikhail

by Stoliarov, Mikhail

• ISBN13: 9780700716630
• ISBN10: 0700716637
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Paul & Co Pub Consortium

Summary

This is an analysis of the historical traditions and distinctive features of modern Russian federalism. It reviews the state of affairs in today's Russia as it strives to become a federal democracy securing the rights and liberties of its citizens. By tracing two contrasting ideas -- federalism and derzhavnost (dictatorship of power) -- in the legacy of the Russian state, and in relations between the modern federal government and the regions, it demonstrates the need for balance in the delimitation of power.

Table of Contents

Statehood Legacy

Sovereign Russia: Traditions of Power

Russian Administrative Reforms: The Wheel of History

Dictatorship of Law or Law of Dictatorship: The New Russian Dilemma

Russia and Self-Determination According to Lenin

Stalin's Ethnic Policy

The Rollercoaster of Russian Federalism

'We, the Multinational People of the Russian Federation...'

State Making in Russian: The Modern History

Tatarstan: A Case in Point

Russia in August 1998 and Afterwards: 'The Patient is More Alive Than Dead'

Federalist Hopes that Did Not Come True

Quo Vadis, Russia?

From Yeltsin to Putin: Transit into a New Millennium

Elite and Power: Heroes or Hostages?

The Principles of Federalism in Russian Style

Federal Minister German Gref and Others..

Federation and State Development: Political Parties' Approach

'Union Lasts Forever'

Tatars Versus Russians: A Glimpse into History

Elections 2000: Governors Wanted!

Sovereignty or the Ghost of Separatism

Lament for the Russian Republic

Federalism, Great Power Centrism, Ethnicity: Pro et Contra

Postface

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