Internal centralization and international integration in the post-Soviet space

Libman, Alexander (2010): Internal centralization and international integration in the post-Soviet space.

Abstract

An important but often neglected factor influencing the changes in power relations in Eurasia is the development of center-periphery relations in individual countries. Domestic and international politics are never clearly separated, especially in the emerging post-Soviet states, which still maintain strong economic, cultural and political links among each other. The aim of the paper is to understand how international integration and domestic policy (re)centralization influenced each other in the post-Soviet countries. It looks at four possible combinations of the development of regionalism and decentralization observed in the CIS region over the last two decades and develops a simple framework explaining the differences between these case studies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: regional integration; decentralization; post-Soviet countries; multi-level governance
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations > H77 - Intergovernmental Relations ; Federalism ; Secession; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F15 - Economic Integration; P - Economic Systems > P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies > P26 - Political Economy ; Property Rights

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