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1 online resource |
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| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction: Vladimir Putin and the limits of decree; 2 Presidential prerogative power; The problem of presidential government; Dimensions of presidential power; Executive accountability; Policy-making powers; Decree power; Presidential powers and democratic stability; The partisan environment; Presidentialism defended; The strategic environment of presidential powers; Endogenous presidentialism; The political context; Complementary informal institutions; Conclusions. |
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3 The evolution of constitutional decree power in RussiaStatutes and decrees; Taming the tsar: the 1906 constitution; Institutionalizing the revolution: the 1918, 1924, 1936, and 1977 constitutions; Gorbachev and Soviet presidentialism: March 1990 and September 1990; Yeltsin's counter-presidency: amending the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic constitution; The post-Soviet Russian presidency: the 1993 constitution; Conclusions; 4 Presidential decree power and the legislative process1; Rules, space, and time; Rules; Space; Time. |
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The interaction of rules, space, and time: aggregate patterns of laws and decreesConclusions; 5 Presidential decrees and legislative sequences1; Aggregate patterns; Case studies; Conclusions; 6 Decrees and presidential power; Bureaucratic interests; Weimar Russia?; Appendix: Presidential decree powers in the former Soviet states; References; Index. |
| Summary |
The book examines the way Russian presidents Yeltsin, Medvedev, and Putin have used their constitutional decree powers since the end of the Soviet regime. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Executive power -- Russia (Federation)
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Executive power. |
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Russia (Federation) |
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Executive power -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union. |
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Presidents -- Russia (Federation)
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Presidents. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Remington, Thomas F. Presidential Decrees in Russia : A Comparative Perspective. New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2014 9781107040793 |
| ISBN |
9781139910798 |
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1139910795 |
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9781139922531 (electronic book) |
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113992253X (electronic book) |
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9781139629355 (electronic book) |
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1139629352 (electronic book) |
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9781107040793 |
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1107040795 |
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9781107627635 |
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110762763X |
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