From Submission to Rebellion - The Provinces Versus the Center in Russia

Written in the spirit of comparative and historical analysis, this book addresses the relationship between the center and its provinces?an important issue in any society?using Russia as a case study.

List of contents

* Introduction * The Major Theoretical Perspective: Regionalism as Past and Contemporary World Development The Era Of The Centers Dominance Before 1985 * Prerevolutionary Russia: The Center Unchallenged Since the Sixteenth Century * The Center and Regions in the Soviet Period: The Provinces Without a Voice * The Krushchev Era: The First Move Toward Decentralization * The Brezhnev Era: Stability of Regional Cadres The Center And Regions In Conflict Since 1985 * The Gorbachev Era: Destabilization of Center-Periphery Relations * Developments in Post-Communist Russia: First Moves Toward Autonomy, 19911992 * The Growth of Regionalism and the Centers Counterattack, 19931996 The Center And Regions In Confrontation * The Center and Regions in Political Struggle * Regions on the Offensive * The Regional Elite as Advocate of Regionalization * The Ideological Struggle Surrounding Regionalization * The Center and Regions in the Period of Marketization of the Economy * Differentiation Between Regions in the Struggle for Autonomy * The Regionalization and Political Fragmentation of Russia * Regions in Coalition Against the Center The Effect Of Regionalism On Russian Society * The Contradictory Consequences of Regionalization * Conclusion

About the author

Vladimir Shlapentokh, Mikhail Loiberg

Summary

Written in the spirit of comparative and historical analysis, this book addresses the relationship between the center and its provinces?an important issue in any society?using Russia as a case study.

Product details

• Authors: R. Levita, Roman Levita, Levita Roman, Mia Loiberg, Mikhail Loiberg, Loiberg Mikhail, Vladimir Shlapentokh, Vladimir Levita Shlapentokh, Shlapentokh Vladimir
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1998
• EAN: 9780813321578
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-2157-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Politikwissenschaft, Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, History of Ideas, Russia, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Political science and theory, Political structure and processes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet