Central Government of Russia
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A01=Iulia Shevchenko
Aleksandr Shokhin
Aleksei Kudrin
Anatolii Chubais
Author_Iulia Shevchenko
Balancing State Control
Cabinet Commissions
cabinet empowerment
Cabinet Level Bodies
Cabinet Staff
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commissions
comparative government structures
Deputy Premiers
Egor Gaidar
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Executive Branch Organization
executive-legislative relations
Foreign Minister
Igor Shuvalov
institutional design in Russian politics
Interdepartmental Commissions
Ivan Silaev
Mikhail Kasianov
Multiple Principal Agent Relationship
Northwest Federal District
Oleg Lobov
Oleg Soskovets
political delegation models
post-Soviet institutional change
principal-agent theory
State Committees
State Secretary
Supreme Soviet
Union Republican Ministries
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Yurii Skokov
Product details
- ISBN 9780754639824
- Weight: 479g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 03 Sep 2008
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Placing the development of the Soviet and Russian central governments in theoretical context, this work breaks new ground in the study of contemporary Russian politics. Iulia Shevchenko's creative treatment of the principal-agent model offers fresh insight into the institutional origins of change in government organization in the communist and post-communist period, from President Gorbachev to President Putin. She demonstrates that government organization varies with the extent to which the principal actors - the president and parliament - are prepared to empower the cabinet to actively develop rather than just implement policy. Delegation of broad decision-making powers, which occurs when the policy environment is highly competitive, is a crucial factor explaining the uneven dynamics of government development during this period. The originality of this work, rich with supporting evidence and empirical data, will ensure that it becomes the standard source for students and scholars concerned with this aspect of post-Soviet politics.
Iulia Shevchenko is a Research Fellow at the European University at St. Petersburg, Russia.
