Russian Federalism and Post-Soviet Integration: Divergence of Development Paths

Alexander Libman

Europe-Asia Studies, 2011, vol. 63, issue 8, 1323-1355

Abstract: The article compares the development of two institutional systems organising intergovernmental relations in the former Soviet Union: Russian federalism and post-Soviet regional integration. Despite the common origins of these two sets of institutions, and the common developmental trends they experienced over the first decade of their existence, the two systems diverged significantly in the 2000s. The article discusses the driving forces behind these differences. It also addresses various forms of direct links between centralisation in Russia and regional integration in the post-Soviet space; these include cross-border cooperation, policy spillovers and perceptions of decentralisation by national elites.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2011.601105

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