CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Gushchina, Kristina Alexandrovna |
|---|---|
| Title | Institutional reform regarding Russian regional capitals' executive branch during 2003-2011: Local self-government as part of the vertical system of power? |
| Summary | Under the new federal law adopted in 2003, Russian cities’ executives can be split into two parts. A new position that of the city manager, to be the head of an administration, hired under the fixed-term contract by the local legislature with the involvement of the regional authorities – can be introduced alongside the democratically elected mayor. This has led to the transformation of the mayor into a nominal political figure endowed only with representational powers. However, despite this piece of legislation having been implemented since 2006, not all municipalities – not even all regional capitals – in Russia underwent this bureaucratic reform, with deep implications for local democracy and self-government. Based on the sample of 79 regional capitals this study is aimed at answering the following question: what are the underlying causal factors for the introduction of city managers in some regional capitals in 2003-2011, and of their non-introduction in others? Based on the results of a series of t-tests and chi-square tests, I argue that these institutional changes were not determined by objective economic reasons, the main argument used by the Kremlin for this legislation, but by political games between the key regional and local political actors in each region. |
| Supervisor | Kovacs Borbala |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/gushchina_kristina.pdf |
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