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Presidential Decrees in Russia : a Comparative Perspective.
The book examines the way Russian presidents Yeltsin, Medvedev, and Putin have used their constitutional decree powers since the end of the Soviet regime.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction: Vladimir Putin and the limits of decree; 2 Presidential prerogative power; The problem of presidential government; Dimensions of presidential power; Executive accountability; Policy-making powers; Decree power; Presidential powers and democratic stability; The partisan environment; Presidentialism defended; The strategic environment of presidential powers; Endogenous presidentialism; The political context; Complementary informal institutions; Conclusions.
- 3 The evolution of constitutional decree power in RussiaStatutes and decrees; Taming the tsar: the 1906 constitution; Institutionalizing the revolution: the 1918, 1924, 1936, and 1977 constitutions; Gorbachev and Soviet presidentialism: March 1990 and September 1990; Yeltsin's counter-presidency: amending the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic constitution; The post-Soviet Russian presidency: the 1993 constitution; Conclusions; 4 Presidential decree power and the legislative process1; Rules, space, and time; Rules; Space; Time.
- The interaction of rules, space, and time: aggregate patterns of laws and decreesConclusions; 5 Presidential decrees and legislative sequences1; Aggregate patterns; Case studies; Conclusions; 6 Decrees and presidential power; Bureaucratic interests; Weimar Russia?; Appendix: Presidential decree powers in the former Soviet states; References; Index.