Gel'man, Vladimir and Lankina, Tomila V. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8303-1747
(2008)
Authoritarian versus democratic diffusions: explaining institutional choices in Russia's local government.
Post-Soviet Affairs, 24 (1).
pp. 40-62.
ISSN 1060-586X
Abstract
Two political scientists address questions posed by the puzzling survival of the institution of elected city mayors in Russia despite the efforts of the national government to abolish it. Based on datasets not only of local government reforms across all the regions but also of the regional component of European Union aid, statistical analysis is used to challenge dominant approaches to democratic institution building and diffusion theories are applied. The findings with regard to the spatially uneven and poly-nuclear nature of institutional influences challenge prevalent approaches to authoritarianism and democratic institution building.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://bellwether.metapress.com/content/120755/?p=... |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 Bellwether Publishing |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2012 11:51 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2024 09:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43068 |
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