ABSTRACT

An analysis of local legislative and budgetary politics during the late Soviet and post-Soviet period with case studies of electoral behaviour, distribution processes, political contestation, and institutional development.

part 1|172 pages

Local Studies

chapter 1|28 pages

The Politics of City Government

Leningrad/St. Petersburg, 1990–1992

chapter 2|30 pages

Political Change in Leningrad

The Elections of 1990

chapter 3|23 pages

The Changing Role of the Local Budget in Russian Cities

The Case of Yaroslavl

chapter 4|42 pages

Saratov and Volgograd, 1990–1992

A Tale of Two Russian Provinces

chapter 5|24 pages

Institutions, Elites, and Local Politics in Russia

The Case of Omsk

chapter 6|23 pages

Perestroika in the Provinces

The Politics of Transition in Donetsk

part 2|96 pages

Systemic Studies

chapter 8|16 pages

Local Support for Market Reform

Implications of a Consumption Bias

chapter 9|31 pages

Reforming Post-Soviet Russia

The Attitudes of Local Politicians

chapter 10|31 pages

Federalism, Discord, and Accommodation

Intergovernmental Relations in Post-Soviet Russia

chapter |11 pages

Conclusions

Common Features of Post-Soviet Local Politics