Unitarianism or Federalism (To the Question of Future Organization of Russia’s State Expanse)
Zubov A.B.,
Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Prof., anzubov@orc.ru
For citation:
Zubov A.B. Unitarianism or Federalism (To the Question of Future Organization of Russia’s State Expanse) . – Polis. Political Studies. 2000. No. 5. P. 32. (In Russ.)
Abstract
The author of the article points out that Russia has been traditionally a unitarian state and even in the Soviet period, notwithstanding her name as officially formulated, was not a federation. The attempt, as fixed in the Constitution of 1993, to establish federative state arrangement led to the emergence of a phenomenon which the author styles feudal federalism. What Russia needs while consolidating and perfecting centralized government, is to simultaneously develop local government and national-cultural autonomies.
Content No. 5, 2000
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