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- http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2447/
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- Subjects
- DJK Eastern Europe DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet
Republics
- Creator:
- Kim, Seongjin
- Description
- This study is concerned with the influence of
regionalism in the Congresses of People's Deputies of the USSR and
Russia between 1989 and 1993 and its implications for future reform
including the development of federal relations in Russia. In
particular, emphasis will be placed on regionalist tendencies
developed in Siberia and the Russian Far East. After perestroika,
the discussion of federal relations showed varieties of possible
developments, ranging from a unitary system to a confederation.
Despite these varieties, it appears to be generally perceived that
stable and 'genuine' federal relations are required in Russia.
However, little attention has been paid to the role of the newly
re-emerging political actor, the deputies of the central
legislature, who are directly engaged in the establishment of such
federal relations. This study reaches three main conclusions. First
of all, regional socio-economic disparities affected the attitudes
of deputies towards reform, including changes in centre-periphery
relations. Secondly, the analysis suggests that at least two main
streams of regionalism were developed during 1989-1993: one
developed in the Congress by the regional deputy groups, and the
other outside the Congresses by regional political leaders.
Thirdly, despite growing regionalist tendencies in Russia at that
time, regional political actors were not strong enough to initiate
a federal structure of their preference, lacking horizontal and
vertical coordination. This discussion of regionalism in the
Congress leads us to a further conclusion that regional interest
articulation was rather chaotic, hampering legislation of policies
and thus facilitating the regionalisation of reform. Despite strong
regionalist tendencies in some sub-national units, particularly
based on ethno-nationalist sentiments, such a development may erode
the legacy of reform as well as regional autonomy
itself.
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- NonPeerReviewed
- Format
- application/pdf
- Relation
- http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2447/01/2000kimphd.pdf
- Relation
- http://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/record=b2006832
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