Non-Democratic Federalism and Decentralization in Post-Soviet States

This book challenges the common perception of authoritarian regimes as incompatible with federalism and decentralization. It examines how some leaders have managed to exploit federalism and decentralization as useful instruments to help them preserve control, avoid political instability and to shift blame to the regional authorities.

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Irina Busygina is a Visiting scholar at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Harvard University (USA). Her research interests include comparative federalism and regionalization, Russian domestic and foreign policy, and Russia-EU relations.

Mikhail Filippov is Professor of Political Science at Binghamton University (SUNY, USA). He holds a PhD from California Institute of Technology. His research focuses on comparative federalism, post-Soviet integration, and human rights.