Legislative Politics And Economic Power in

Legislative Politics and Economic Power in Russia is a study of the legislative actors and institutions that have shaped economic law making in Russia since 1990. Assessing the influence of partisan, bureaucratic, regional and corporate interests in Russia's post-communist parliaments, the book addresses questions that are crucially important for Russia's political stability and economic development. Can Russian political institutions act decisively to solve problems when they arise? Does this system of governance deliver credible, coherent and consistent policies? And, is the Russian state ultimately able to enact policies that address public interests and concerns?

PAUL CHAISTY is Lecturer in Russian Government at Oxford University.

List of Figures

ix

List of Tables

x

Abbreviations and Glossary

xii

Note on Transliteration

xiv

Acknowledgements

xvi

1 Introduction

1

(24)

Policy incoherence and state weakness

3

(3)

Institutions, preferences and policy outputs

6

(7)

The main legislative actors in Russia

13

(8)

Summary and outline

21

(4)

Part I: The Legislative Actors

2 The Supreme Soviet

25

(39)

Party development

25

(8)

The chairman of the Supreme Soviet

33

(13)

Legislative committees

46

(8)

Legislative achievements and weaknesses of the praesidium system

54

(10)

3 The State Duma

64

(39)

Party formation

65

(6)

Agenda setters

71

(14)

Legislative committees

85

(12)

Legislative output

97

(6)

4 The Federation Council

103

(19)

Forming the Federation Council

104

(5)

Agenda setters

109

(4)

Legislative activity

113

(9)

5 Interests in Legislative Politics

122

(35)

Patterns of parliamentary lobbying

123

(5)

Departmental, regional and corporate lobbies

128

(9)

Channels of access

137

(20)

Part II: Legislative Politics in Action

6 The 1993 Budget

157

(17)

Background

158

(3)

Supporters and opponents

161

(6)

Policy and institutional effects

167

(7)

7 Production Sharing Legislation

174

(19)

Background

174

(3)

Supporters and opponents

177

(12)

Institutional effects

189

(4)

8 Conclusion

193

(8)

Putin's challenge

194

(2)

The pros and cons of Putin's majoritarianism

196

(5)

Appendix I: Definition of Policy Areas

201

(1)

Appendix II: Coding of Party, Committee and Deputy Bills

202

(1)

Notes

203

(11)

References

214

(14)

Index

228

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