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Institutionalising Authoritarian Presidencies: Polymorphous Power and Russia's Presidential Administration
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Abstract This article attempts to open up the ‘black box’ of the Russian Presidential Administration (‘the Kremlin’). Borrowing from the literature on institutional presidencies and institutional approaches to authoritarianism, I argue that the administration institutionalised over the years of study, 1994–2... view more
This article attempts to open up the ‘black box’ of the Russian Presidential Administration (‘the Kremlin’). Borrowing from the literature on institutional presidencies and institutional approaches to authoritarianism, I argue that the administration institutionalised over the years of study, 1994–2012. More stable and predictable procedures enhanced administrative presidential powers but personalism and non-compliance with presidential orders remained. Original data on budget, staff, units, organisational structure and presidential assignments demonstrate that presidential power ought to be conceptualised as a polymorphous
phenomenon that varies depending on the level of analysis. Researchers should refrain from over-personalising accounts of authoritarian regimes at the expense of more structural, organisational elements such as ‘institutional presidencies’.... view less
Keywords
administrative organization; executive power; institutionalism; Russia; organizational principle; organizational analysis; institutionalization; presidential system
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Free Keywords
Kreml; Präsidialverwaltung; Informalität; Governance
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 1-33
Journal
Europe-Asia Studies (2020)
ISSN
1465-3427
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0