@article{4bfe3444d005411fb3d2e157a4ae187b,
title = "The regional governance context in russia: A general framework",
abstract = "This study examines the general context of the urban and regional policy-making environment in Russia by analyzing responses to a 1997 survey of local government officials. The survey posed questions such as: “What do local and regional government actors believe are their most critical problems and policy priorities?”, “How do they choose their policy priorities?”, and “How does urban and regional governance occur in this unstable environment?” Analysis of the survey responses suggests that policy makers throughout Russia have remarkably similar perceptions of their policy-making environments. Alliance building and the use of cooperative agreements among government officials at all geographical scales, business partners, and the media characterizes the general context of policy making in Russian cities and regions. The Soviet past shapes current practices and structures of regional governance. While public participation is still limited, the locus of power to act in this new political economy has dramatically shifted from the government to the private sector.",
keywords = "Governance, Local economic development, Russia",
author = "Beth Mitchneck",
note = "Funding Information: 1The author gratefully acknowledges funding support from the National Science Foundation, the National Council for East European and Eurasian Research, and the University of Arizona. The author also thanks her research collaborator, Alexander Gasparashvili, Susan Clarke, and Gary Gaile for tremendous assistance and Katherine Hankins for unending research assistance. Thanks also to the helpful comments of anonymous reviewers. All the usual disclaimers apply. 2Unless otherwise noted, government refers to both the executive and representative branches. Representative branch is used to denote the Duma, the State Council, the Legislative Meeting, or the Municipal Council, all translations of various terms for this branch, 3Individuals' names are withheld throughout to ensure confidentiality. 4Spearman's Rho suggests a strong association between the executive and representative branches (0.768) and a significant yet weaker association between urban and regional officials (0.439). 5Spearman's Rho suggests an even stronger association of views of the meaning of development than for the major problems (executive-representative branch 0.845 and urban-regional 0.545). 6Izhevskand Yaroslavl' city budgets reveal that neither city has been able to fulfill even half of their revenue plans over the past few years. Yaroslavl' fulfilled less than three-quarters of its planned revenues for 1996. Izhevsk fulfilled about 15% of its planned revenues for thefirstquarter of 1997. Interviews in both regions suggest that the planned budgets are more fictitious that in the past due tofiscalinsolvency. This is not uncommon but endemic to Russian cities.",
year = "2001",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.2747/0272-3638.22.4.360",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "360--382",
journal = "Urban Geography",
issn = "0272-3638",
publisher = "Bellwether Publishing, Ltd.",
number = "4",
}