Assessing asymmetrical federal design in the Russian federation

A case study of language policy in tatarstan

Bibliographic Data

ID12300016
AuthorsDavid Cashaback (University of Ottawa, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume60
Issue2
Pages249-275
Publication date2008-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEurope Asia Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-8136 • E-ISSN: 1465-3427
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09668130701820127
OpenAlexW2021256927
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited7

This article seeks to further the understanding of language policy in Tatarstan by examining the development of language legislation and policies in the republic in the post-Soviet period and by placing the issue of language policy within a federal – republican context. The article finds that asymmetrical federalism is an appropriate and workable response to Tatarstan's demands for policy capacity over issues pertaining to language. It is Russia's federal design itself, and not processes of ad hoc constitutional bargaining, which creates governance capacity in this policy area and provides Tatarstan with the de jure power to implement measures to protect the Tatar language

Business · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economic policy · Federalism · Geography · Language policy · Legislation · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Russian federation · Tatar · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Public Administration · Soviet and Russian History

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