CPO 3633 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Mikhail Gorbachev, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Khasavyurt
23 Oct 2017
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Federations: elements, generally, constitutionally delineated powers and domains plus national representation of regional interests, benefits, help create national loyalty, allow closer proximity between the rulers and the ruled, consociational (if not, consensual) politics. This was preserved by the ussr and carried over: okrugs: 10, recognized ethnic groups, smaller than the republics and concentrated, autonomous oblast: 1, jewish- theoretically designed by stallin, way out in siberia. Federalism under yeltsin: institutional vessels for nationalist sentiment - brzezinski, yeltsin and gorbachev, parade of sovereignties, 1192 new federation treaties, 1993 constitution, tatarstan, parade of treaties. Problems with the parade of treaties: 46 of 89 regions between 1994 and 1998, questions of importance, what goes above the constitution or the federal treaties. Inequality: hale: sverdlovsk oblast -------> urals republic etc, dudaev in chechnya v shaimiev in tatarstan. Legacy of bilateral treaties: maintained a war of laws", examples (see hale, continued despite constitutional court rulings, regional fiefdoms, putin"s inheritance.
