There is no one-size-fits-all decentralized fix to deeply divided and conflict-ridden states.
One of the hotly debated policy prescriptions for states facing self-determination demands is …

This comprehensive study of local politics in Russia shows that the key reforms of local
government, and the struggle to forge viable grassroots democracies have been inextricably …

The paper confronts different aspects of decentralization: fiscal decentralization, post-
constitutional regulatory decentralization, and constitutional decentralization–using a single …

This article seeks to further the understanding of language policy in Tatarstan by examining
the development of language legislation and policies in the republic in the post-Soviet …

The Jamestown Foundation's mission is to inform and educate policy makers and the
broader community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or …

This paper analyzes the transformation of center-regional relationships in post-Soviet
Russia, focusing on the division of powers and power-sharing treaties. Under the presidency …

How and by what means are states able to preserve their territorial integrity despite strong
challenges from periphereal border regions? In order to answer this question my …

This dissertation studies the dynamics of the territorial regime in post-Soviet Russia. It
consists of three separate studies that employ Qualitative Comparative Analysis. The first …

This thesis examines the regional leadership in Sverdlovsk Oblast between 1989 and 1999.
Focusing on the identity of the regional governor, Eduard Rossel', who rose to power at the …

In the early 1990s after the collapse of the USSR, the new Russian state faced strong
nationalist claims for sovereignty and increased autonomy from the side of regional elites …