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Intergovernmental Relations in Russia: Still a Pendulum?

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  • Andrey Yushkov
  • Lev Savulkin
  • Nina Oding

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This paper studies political, economic and administrative aspects of intergovernmental relations in Russia since the beginning of the 1990s. We distinguish three stages in the development of Russian federalism, which differ from previous classifications available in the literature - the pendulum of (de)centralization (1991-2003), critical crossroad with the radical shift back to the centralization path (2003-2005), and the era of further pervasive centralization and transformation to the de facto unitary state (2005-present). At the latest (third) stage, we identify two mechanisms of centralization - linear and non-linear, which differ in their design but similarly contribute to the general trend, and provide several supporting examples of both of them.

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  • Andrey Yushkov & Lev Savulkin & Nina Oding, 2017. "Intergovernmental Relations in Russia: Still a Pendulum?," Public administration issues, Higher School of Economics, issue 5, pages 38-59.
    • Handle: RePEc:nos:vgmu00:2017:i:5:p:38-59
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    1. Migara O. De Silva & Galina Kurlyandskaya & Elena Andreeva & Natalia Golovanova, 2009. "Intergovernmental Reforms in the Russian Federation : One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 2668.
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