Federalism and Local Politics in Russia

IndexAbkhasiya 59, 60, 62Afanasyev, Mikhail N. 55Aspaturian, Vernon 27Bermeo, Nancy 25, 50Beslan 1, 106, 109, 116, 285Birch, Anthony 25Bunce, Valerie 50business associations 187–8business elites 184, 185, 187, 190, 191,192, 194, 198, and governors 191–205; in regional assemblies 189, 191Chechnya 8, 43, 44, 46, 61, 62, 63, 68,72, 75, 76, 107, 135city districts 231–2, 238, 242, 284communitarianism 153corporatism 189-91Dahl 190Ekaterinburg: data on 207–8; StategicPlan 213–16Elazar, Daniel 59electoral commissions: 140, 259, 287;politicization of 299–301electoral deposits 129, 138electoral systems 12, 120, 122, 126, 155,156, 162–3, 170, 176, 285–6, 288–9,297; see alsomunicipal elections, regional electionselectoral vertical 284, 301ethnic groups: 43, 55, 57, 58, 60–64;autochthonous 60, 67, 70, 71.elitism 190–1étatism 189–91federal bargain 26, 35–7, 49Federal Treaty 32, 33, 89, 208Federalism: asymmetrical 3, 8, 18,46–9, 55, 56, 60, 86; Austrian39–40; Belgian 43-44, 47-48;Canadian, 46, 47; De-federalization55, 72, 75, 78; and democracy 55,72–6, 106, 116–17; and ethnicity68–72; fiscal 86–7; German 47,48; Indian 40, 43–4, 47, 48;Malaysian 40–1, 43, 44, 45;Nigerian 40, 41, 43, 45-6; Sovietlegacy 26–9, 32, 43, 49Federation Council 9, 54, 64, 69, 82, 96,106, 108, 120, 140, 174, 276, 297Fillipov 44, 62Friedrich, Carl 29Georgia 59, 60Gligich-Zolotareva, Milena 101Goble, Paul 55Governors: appointed by Putin 4,9, 38, 76, 82, 106–117, 202-3, 264,286; biographies of 193–5;businessmen 191–5; and mayors117, 207–23, 257–8, 264, 274–5,276, 296–8Hahn, Gordon 73–4, 82Heinemann-Grüder, Andreas 33, 36, 38,42, 43Historic institutionalism 122Hough, Jerry F. 16King, Preston 34Konitzer, Andrew 108Koniuchova, Irina 59Kozak, Dmitry 13, 59, 200, 252, 264,268–70, 273, 278–9, 284Kozak Commission 254, 263, 264–70,278–80, 284