Presidential decrees in Russia : a comparative perspective /
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| Author / Creator: | Remington, Thomas F., 1948- author. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. |
| Description: | xii, 174 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10072844 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Vladimir Putin and the limits of decree
- 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
- The evolution of constitutional decree power in Russia. Statutes 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 RSFSR constitution ; The post-Soviet Russian presidency: the 1993 constitution
- Presidential decree power and the legislative process. Rules, space, and time ; Rules ; Space ; Time ; The interaction of rules, space, and time: aggregate patterns of laws and decrees
- Presidential decrees and legislative sequences. Aggregate patterns ; Case studies
- Decrees and presidential power. Bureaucratic interests ; Weimar Russia?
