Pandemic Decentralization: COVID-19 and Principal–Agent Relations in Russia

Бусыгина, Ирина; Klimovich, Stanislav

doi:10.1080/10758216.2022.2111313

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“…The proliferation of the so-called 'unfunded mandates' further strengthens the dependence of the regions on federal financial support. In a combination with strong authoritarian rule in the center, this provides the Kremlin with almost unlimited opportunities to shift the blame for unpopular measures and suboptimal policy outcomes, as well as the burden of fulfilling costly tasks to the regional administrations (Bednar 2009, p. 1-16;Busygina and Klimovich 2022).…”

Section: Federalism and Decentralizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

From failed democratization to the war against Ukraine: what happened to Russian institutions under Putin?

Klimovich

2023

Z Politikwiss

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This literature review unpacks the state of the art in Russian studies regarding regime dynamics and the functioning of authoritarian institutions. It covers three major fields of scientific debate in the discipline: 1) the role of structural and agency-driven factors in explaining failed democratization and complete autocratization in Russia; 2) the conceptualization of the Russian regime between electoral authoritarianism and personalist rule; 3) the development of authoritarian institutions under Vladimir Putin and the process of institutional degradation. It also outlines the promising research avenues of studying Russian authoritarianism, which can be relevant not only for the scientific community but also for the practitioners, especially in the context of the Russian war against Ukraine.

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Section: Federalism and Decentralizationmentioning

confidence: 99%