Roundtable: Federalism and Decentralization in Personal Autocracies: Post-Soviet Experience

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

The discussion will focus on how post-Soviet autocracies use federalism and decentralization to maintain control, limit political accountability, and shift blame to regional authorities.

Section

• 22. Comparative Political Institutions

Cosponsor

• 01. Program Chairs

Chair

• Irina Busygina, Harvard University

Participants

• Henry E. Hale, George Washington University

• Mikhail Filippov, Binghamton University

• Regina Smyth, Indiana University-Bloomington