Local Power and Post-Soviet Politics

An analysis of local legislative and budgetary politics during the late Soviet and post-Soviet period with case studies of electoral behaviour, distribution processes, political contestation, and institutional development. Tables and Figures, About the Editors and the Contributors, In Memoriam: Georgii Vasil' evich Barabashev, Introduction: Local Government Under the Old Regime, I. Local Studies, 1. The Politics of City Government: Leningrad/St. Petersburg, 1990-1992, 2. Political Change in Leningrad: The Elections of 1990, 3. The Changing Role ofthe Local Budget in Russian Cities: The Case of Yaroslavl, 4. Saratov and Volgograd, 1990-1992: A Tale of Two Russian Provinces, 5. Institutions, Elites, and Local Politics in Russia: The Case of Omsk, 6. Perestroika in the Provinces: The Politics of Transition in Donetsk, 7. Main Currents in the Development of Russian Local Self-Government: The First Post-Soviet Year, 8. Local Support for Market Reform: Implications of a Consumption Bias, 9. Reforming Post-Soviet Russia: The Attitudes of Local Politicians, 10. Federalism, Discord, and Accommodation: Intergovernmental Relations in Post-Soviet Russia, Conclusions: Common Features ofPost-Soviet Local Politics, Index