Russian regions and regionalism : strength through weakness / edited by Graeme P. Herd and Anne Aldis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herd, Graeme P.

Aldis, Anne, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central-local government relations--Russia (Federation).

Central-local government relations.

Russia (Federation).

Regionalism--Russia (Federation).

Regionalism.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.

Contents:

1 Characterising centre-periphery relations in the Yeltsin era / Martin Nicholson 3

2 Putin: an end to centrifugalism? / Dr Mark A. Smith 19

Part II Thematic aspects of Russian regionalism 39

3 Russia's demographic crisis and federal instability / Professor Graeme P. Herd 41

4 Transborder security and regionalism / Dr Derek L. Averre 63

5 'Regionology' and Russian foreign policy: identifying the theoretical alternatives / Dr Christer Pursiainen 82

6 Russia's regionalisation: the interplay of domestic and international factors / Dr Alexander Sergounin 101

7 Military aspects of regionalism / Dr Pavel K. Baev 120

Part III Russia's regions under Putin: case studies 139

8 Sakhalin oblast: sectoral globalisation / Professor Michael Bradshaw 141

9 Centre-periphery conflict as a security dilemma: Moscow v. Vladivostok / Dr Mikhail A. Alexseev 164

10 The 'power vertical' and horizontal networking: competing strategies of domestic and international integration for Nizhniy Novgorod oblast / Dr Andrey S. Makarychev 185

11 Regionalisation of Russian foreign and security policy: the case of St Petersburg / Dr Stanislav L. Tkachenko 204

12 Kaliningrad: a pilot region? / Dr Steven J. Main 224

13 Moscow: centre and periphery / Oleg Alexandrov 246

14 Russian federal stability and the dynamics of the twenty-first century / Anne Aldis, Professor Graeme P. Herd 267

Appendix Russia's regional structure 278.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [282]-296) and index.

ISBN:

0700717358

OCLC:

50129383