Prospects for professional parliaments in Russia's regions

The executive-legislative framework employed in the republic of Udmurtia throughout the 1990s distinguished it from other regions in Russia, making it a crucial case for analysis. While Udmurtia's parliamentary executive should have dampened incumbency rates in the republic, the number of incum...

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Published in:The journal of communist studies and transition politics 2006-06, Vol.22 (2), p.135-161
Main Author: Moraski, Bryon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business
Communism
Conflict
Elections
Elites
Evolution
Federal Government
Federalism
Forecasts
Governors
Incumbency
Legislative Bodies
Legislators
Parliament
Politicians
Regional studies
Regions
Russia
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Summary:The executive-legislative framework employed in the republic of Udmurtia throughout the 1990s distinguished it from other regions in Russia, making it a crucial case for analysis. While Udmurtia's parliamentary executive should have dampened incumbency rates in the republic, the number of incumbent legislators winning re-election has increased significantly over time. At the same time, the proportion of business and industrial interests in parliament has also increased. With this set of politicians representing broader societal interests in the republic, these findings provide some hope for the rise of minimally responsive, increasingly professionalized regional legislatures in Russia, as opposed to government by apparatchiks. In this context, Putin's decision to appoint governors should spur political conflict in Russia as regional elites with personal stakes in their regional economies and vested interests in democratic institutions confront an encroaching federal government.
ISSN:1352-3279
1743-9116
DOI:10.1080/13523270600660997