A Centralist Approach to Regional Development: The Case of the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Far East. Issue 6 (3rd July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Libman, Alexander; Yakovlev, Andrei
• Is Part Of: Europe-Asia studies. Volume 73:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: 1125
• Page End: 1148
• Publication Date: 2021-07-03
• Subjects: Europe, Eastern -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Periodicals; Former Soviet republics -- Periodicals; Soviet Union -- History -- Periodicals; 940
• DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2021.1922610
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-8136

Abstract

Abstract: Since 2012, with a view to strengthen the development of strategically important regions, Russia has established several federal agencies responsible for these territories. The essay investigates one of these agencies: the Ministry for the Development of the Far East ( Ministerstvo Rossiiskoi Federatsii po razvitiyu Dal'nego Vostoka ). We identify two main trade-offs associated with the governance approach used in Russia—between federal power and local knowledge, and between bureaucratic expertise and novel ideas—and examine how the ministry has dealt with these trade-offs and their consequences for the ministry's performance.