Download or read book The Politics of Sub-national Authoritarianism in Russia written by Vladimir Gelʹman and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International experts on Russian regional politics, including top scholars from Britain, Canada, Russia and the USA, provide critical evaluations of the multiple deficiencies to be found in Russia's sub-national authoritarianism, including: principal-agent problems in the relations between the layers of the 'power vertical', unresolved issues of regime legitimacy that have resulted from manipulative electoral practices and the inefficient performance of regional and local governments.