"All the essays in this collection were first presented at a conference ... held in Moscow in October 1992"--Foreword.

This book examines federalism and regional and local politics in Russia. Many commentators have alluded to the unique nature of Russia's dual transition and its

Federalism is at once a set of institutions -- the division of public authority between two or more constitutionally defined orders of government -- and a set o

The book offers a comparative analysis of center-region relations in Russia and in China. The authors focus in particular on fiscal ties and incentives, bureauc