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Informationen zum Autor Cameron Ross is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Dundee Klappentext Argues convincingly that Russia will never be able to create a viable democracy as long as authoritarian regimes are able to flourish in the regions. Zusammenfassung Argues convincingly that Russia will never be able to create a viable democracy as long as authoritarian regimes are able to flourish in the regions. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Federalism, sovereignty and democracy - Richard Sakwa2. Regional voting patterns in post-communist Russia - Matthew Wyman, Stephen White, Ian McAllister & Sarah Oates3. Political parties and regional democracy - Cameron Ross4. The role of Russia's Governors in the 1999-2000 federal elections - Danielle N. Lussier5. High stakes, low chances: the failure of party politics in St. Petersburg - Grigorii V. Golosov & Vadim Goncharov6. The development of political institutions in three regions of the Russian Far East - Jeffrey W. Hahn7. Regional democratisation in Russia: Some lessons from Novgorod - Nicolai N. Petro8. Problems of democratisation in the Komi Republic - James Alexander 9. Democratisation, structural pluralism and fragile Bi-entrism: The case of Volgograd Oblast - Vladimir Gel'man10. Bashkortostan: A case of regional authoritarianism - Jörn Grävingholt11. Tatarstan: Syndrome of authoritarianism - Midkhat Farukshin12. Putin reforms the federal system - Elizabeth Teague