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(2000) Politics at the edge, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
The republicanization of Russia
federalism and democratization in transition II
Cameron Ross
pp. 227-240
Standing at the intersection between "defederation" and "disintegration", Richard Sakwa's "ideal typical" model of "republicanization" aptly captures the highly fluid nature of Russian federalism (Sakwa, 1999). Fundamentally, republicanization is a stage that falls short of independent statehood but incorporates the aspirations of shared political sovereignty and equal status with the centre. Republicanization lies somewhere along the continuum between federalism and confederalism, autonomy and unity. In this chapter I examine republicanization in practice and discuss the many ways in which this new "ideal type" deepens our understanding of regional politics.
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Ross, C. (2000)., The republicanization of Russia: federalism and democratization in transition II, in C. Pierson & S. Tormey (eds.), Politics at the edge, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 227-240.
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