The Russian Law on Subsurface Resources

A Policy Marathon

Bibliographic Data

ID6357902
AuthorsStephen Fortescue (0000-0002-3781-4556, a University of New South Wales, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume25
Issue2
Pages160-184
Publication date2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePost-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2747/1060-586x.24.2.160
OpenAlexW1966425480
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited13

While Putin's presidency offers successful examples of policymaking with some consultation and transparency, negotiation, and compromise, other policy processes were less effective. This article uses the rewriting of the Law on Subsurface Resources, from 2002 to the present, as a case study of a policy process characterized by bureaucratic infighting, delay, shifts and turns in policy preferences, and bitter debate. Legislation and other policy documents created by the major players, and the press, are used to describe and analyze this process. The process itself, not its outcomes, is the focus. The implications of this type of policymaking process for Russian politics is considered

Bureaucracy · Compromise · Law and economics · Legislation · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Process (computing · Sociology · Transparency (behavior · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration

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