Recently added articles from Demokratizatsiya:
Understanding party politics in the former Soviet Union authoritarianism, volatility, and incentive structures.
Mar 22, 2009; ... Abstract: Party politics in the former Soviet Union is fundamentally different from party politics in Western democracies in many ways. Since 1991, two crucial aspects of party politics in the less-than-democratic former Soviet republics have been the impact of authoritarian practices on ...
The uncertain future: Sino-Russian relations in the twenty-first century.(Company overview)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: In the late 1960s, border skirmishes between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China led to speculation that a war between the two countries was possible. In 2001, however, a settlement over their long-disputed border reflected increasing and wide-ranging cooperation ...
Political graft and education corruption in Ukraine: compliance, collusion, and control.(Company overview)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: In this article, the author considers corruption in higher education in Ukraine, including such aspects as corruption in admissions to higher education institutions, corruption in the academic process of teaching and learning, and corruption in administering the newly introduced ...
The first steps of Russia's public chamber: representation or coordination?
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Russian President Vladimir Putin created the Public Chamber to institutionalize a civil society that would provide feedback to the state while remaining within the boundaries of legitimate conflict. Putin's critics predicted that the Public Chamber would be a Kremlin puppet ....
Limited choices: Russian opposition parties and the 2007 Duma election.
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Despite new incentives brought about by the 2005 electoral reforms in Russia, opposition parties failed to strategically adapt before the 2007 Duma election. This failure is connected to ideological and organizational impediments within the parties and to the hegemonic role of ...
Have Putin's policies on local government changed the way Yaroslavl is governed?
Sep 22, 2008; ... Abstract: In this article, the author assesses the impact of former Russian President Vladimir Putin's tenure in office on local politics in the city of Yaroslavl, Russia. The author also explores how city government has impacted the life of the city and how the city has changed. He finds ...
Introduction: nontraditional approaches to Russian politics and security.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract: This introduction to a special section of Demokratizatsiya describes the European University at St. Petersburg/Georgetown University project on "New Approaches to Russian Politics and Security." The guest editor reviews the literature on nontraditional approaches to security ...
The double monopoly and its technologists the Russian preemptive counterrevolution.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Consolidating its power in Russia and post-Soviet space, the Russian administration strives for a double monopoly over natural resources and violence. To achieve these goals politically, the Kremlin cultivates a new parapolitical group of professionals that call themselves ...
Standard Oil and Yukos in the context of early capitalism in the United States and Russia.(Company overview)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract: The author compares two conflicts between large businesses and the state in the United States and Russia. Although almost one hundred years apart, the Standard Oil and Yukos cases are comparable in so far as they erupted in the context of early capitalism in a weak institutional ...
Changing federalism and the islamic challenge in Tatarstan.(Report)
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract: The author examines Russian President Vladimir Putin's reassertion of the central government's authority in the Republic of Tatarstan, which former President Boris Yeltsin ceded in a 1994 power-sharing treaty. The treaty allowed Tatarstani authorities to abandon their nationalist ...
Patients in contemporary Russian reproductive health care institutions strategies of establishing trust.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Russian reproductive health care systems have undergone many changes since the 1990s. These changes have given users new opportunities, and users have become more demanding and knowledgeable. At the same time, patients distrust health care institutions and practitioners, which ...
Kravchuk and Yeltsin at reelection.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Abstract: Leonid Kravchuk approached reelection differently than other post-Soviet leaders. His opponents defeated him in a fair election. Explanations for this deviation from the post-Soviet norm can be based on many factors, but those based on personal factors, as opposed to cultural ...
Introduction.(Editorial)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Searching for a way to characterize Vladimir Putin's eight years as Russia's president, it is hard to improve on "Russia is back!" Certainly, his rapid-fire criticisms of the West and the United States--combined with the new self-confident and assertive claims of Russia's economic, ...
The dog barks but the caravan moves on.(Company overview)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract: With the revenue from Russia's oil exports, Russia has moved from its near-bankrupt status after the August 1998 financial collapse to a situation where it is now a financial powerhouse. Although revenue from natural gas exports is not as large, Russia's natural gas pipelines ...
Russia and the United States: no longer rivals, not yet partners.(Essay)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract: Russia is the world's largest producer and exporter of energy and the United States is the world's largest consumer and importer of energy. As such, there are many reasons to seek better and more numerous associations at all levels. The Russian energy sector is relatively new, as ...
Russia and the European Union: an outlook for collaboration and competition in European natural gas markets.(Company overview)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract: In the aftermath of recent natural gas and oil supply disruptions to European markets, Russia's long-term supply stability and Europe's natural gas market developments are of utmost concern to both the producer and the consumer. As Europe's indigenous supply declines, it will ...
Energy reform in Russia and the implications for European energy security.(Company overview)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract: Gazprom's long-term production capacity has been a source of concern both domestically and internationally. It has resisted major development projects out of concern for their high marginal costs and uncertainty over future domestic and international prices. Now the Russian ...
Natural gas in the context of Russia's energy system.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract: This article examines Russia's natural gas consumption in the context of stationary energy use, particularly the close linkage between electricity and heat supply. This interdependence will largely determine the prospect of domestic demand and will restrict the extent of ...
The unified energy systems of Russia (RAO-UES) in Central Asia and the Caucasus: nets of interdependence.(Report)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract: Most Central Asian and Caucasus countries have, to some extent, transformed and privatized their electricity sectors using the World Bank's advice. In recent years, the Russian parastatal Unified Energy Systems of Russia (RAO-UES) has purchased much of the generation and ...
Energy dependence and political power: some paradoxes.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Abstract: A key supplier of energy holds political power over an energy user. Paradoxically, however, the opposite can also be true. Examples include the relationship since the 1970s between the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the West, the 1980s debate about the ...