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Federalism and Political Recentralization in the Russian Federation: United Russia As the Party of Power

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  • Andrew Konitzer
  • Stephen K. Wegren

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This article analyzes trends in Russian federalism by examining the rise of United Russia as a party of power. For the first time in post-Soviet history, a pro-presidential party of power has been successfully established, both reflecting and facilitating political recentralization. This article traces United Russia's role in this recentralization process and examines the factors that have allowed United Russia to succeed as the central government's instrument for deepening and consolidating political centralization where other attempts have failed. The impact of political recentralization has changed the face and nature of Russian federalism in a very short period of time and raises concerns that the political trajectory of Russia is away from a federalist structure and toward a unitary state. Copyright , Oxford University Press.

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  • Andrew Konitzer & Stephen K. Wegren, 0. "Federalism and Political Recentralization in the Russian Federation: United Russia As the Party of Power," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 36(4), pages 503-522.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:36:y::i:4:p:503-522
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    1. Libman, Alexander, 2009. "Russian federalism and post-Soviet integration: Divergence of development paths," MPRA Paper 12944, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Alfred M Wu, 2019. "The logic of basic education provision and public goods preferences in Chinese fiscal federalism," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(12), pages 1-15, December.
    3. Alexander Libman, 2012. "Democracy, size of bureaucracy, and economic growth: evidence from Russian regions," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 43(3), pages 1321-1352, December.
    4. Libman, Alexander, 2008. "Democracy and growth: is the effect non-linear?," MPRA Paper 17795, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Rajan Kumar, 2008. "Putin's Legacy and the State of Democracy in Russia," International Studies, , vol. 45(2), pages 89-103, April.

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