Three dilemmas of hybrid regime governance
Russia from Putin to Putin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6357724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nikolay Petrov (0000-0001-6203-1097, National Research University Higher School of Economics), Maria Lipman (Carnegie Moscow Center), Henry E Hale (0000-0002-2956-8033, George Washington University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-26 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Post-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1060586x.2013.825140 |
| OpenAlex | W2033803716 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 113 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article investigates how hybrid regimes supply governance by examining a series of dilemmas (involving elections, the mass media, and state institutions) that their rulers face. The authors demonstrate how regime responses to these dilemmas – typically efforts to maintain control while avoiding outright repression and societal backlash – have negative outcomes, including a weakening of formal institutions, proliferation of “substitutions” (e.g., substitutes for institutions), and increasing centralization and personalization of control. Efforts by Russian leaders to disengage society from the sphere of decision-making entail a significant risk of systemic breakdown in unexpected ways. More specifically, given significantly weakened institutions for interest representation and negotiated compromise, policy-making in the Russian system often amounts to the leadership's best guess (ad hoc manual policy adjustments) as to precisely what society will accept and what it will not, with a significant possibility of miscalculation. Three case studies of the policy-making process are presented: the 2005 cash-for-benefits reform, plans for the development of the Khimki Forest, and changes leading up to and following major public protests in 2011–2012
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| Unique citing works | 113 |
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| Citations per year | 9,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 113 |