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Book SynopsisArgues convincingly that Russia will never be able to create a viable democracy as long as authoritarian regimes are able to flourish in the regions.
Table of Contents1. Federalism, sovereignty and democracy - Richard Sakwa
2. Regional voting patterns in post-communist Russia - Matthew Wyman, Stephen White, Ian McAllister & Sarah Oates
3. Political parties and regional democracy - Cameron Ross
4. The role of Russia's Governors in the 1999-2000 federal elections - Danielle N. Lussier
5. High stakes, low chances: the failure of party politics in St. Petersburg - Grigorii V. Golosov & Vadim Goncharov
6. The development of political institutions in three regions of the Russian Far East - Jeffrey W. Hahn
7. Regional democratisation in Russia: Some lessons from Novgorod - Nicolai N. Petro
8. Problems of democratisation in the Komi Republic - James Alexander
9. Democratisation, structural pluralism and fragile Bi-entrism: The case of Volgograd Oblast - Vladimir Gel'man
10. Bashkortostan: A case of regional authoritarianism - Jörn Grävingholt
11. Tatarstan: Syndrome of authoritarianism - Midkhat Farukshin
12. Putin reforms the federal system - Elizabeth Teague