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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789527303321

Autore

Goode J. Paul (James Paul), <1971-, >

Titolo

The decline of regionalism in Putin's Russia : boundary issues / / J. Paul Goode

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-12685-0

9786613126856

1-136-72073-1

0-203-81623-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; ; 75

Classificazione

POL020000POL040040SOC008000

Disciplina

320.447/049

Soggetti

Regionalism - Russia (Federation)

Central-local government relations - Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1991-

Russia (Federation) Social conditions 1991-

Russia (Federation) Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Decline of Regionalism in Putin's Russia: Boundary issues; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; Note on transliteration; 1. The puzzling decline of regionalism in Russia; 2. Regions, regionalism, and regional boundaries; 3. A brief history of Russia's regional boundaries; 4. Putin's federal districts and regional identities; 5. Constitutions, charters, and institutional boundaries; 6. The push for regional enlargement; 7. Assessing the boundaries approach to regionalism; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This book reassesses Putin's attempt to reverse the decentralization of power that characterised centre-regional relations in the 1990s, focusing on regional responses to Putin's federal reforms. It explains the decline of regionalism after 2000 in terms of the dynamics of regional boundaries, understood as the juridical boundaries which demarcate a region's territorial extent and its resources; institutional boundaries that sustain regional differences; and cultural boundaries that define the ethnic or technocratic principles on which a region



could claim legitimate existence.The book questions the conventional wisdom regarding the success of Putin's regime. It shows how regional governors responded not by attempting to deflect the reforms with outright resistance, but by mimicking Putin's centralisation of power at the regional level. In turn, this facilitated the homogenisation of regional political regimes and regional mergers. The book demonstrates how the reordering of regions advanced sporadically, how pockets of resistance persist, and how the potential for the revival of regionalism continues"--