Assessing asymmetrical federal design in the Russian federation: A case study of language policy in tatarstan

David Cashaback

Europe-Asia Studies, 2008, vol. 60, issue 2, 249-275

Abstract: This article seeks to further the understanding of language policy in Tatarstan by examining the development of language legislation and policies in the republic in the post-Soviet period and by placing the issue of language policy within a federal – republican context. The article finds that asymmetrical federalism is an appropriate and workable response to Tatarstan's demands for policy capacity over issues pertaining to language. It is Russia's federal design itself, and not processes of ad hoc constitutional bargaining, which creates governance capacity in this policy area and provides Tatarstan with the de jure power to implement measures to protect the Tatar language.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/09668130701820127

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