Russia's Regions and Comparative Subnational Politics

1. Studying Russia's regions to advance comparative political science / William M. Reisinger -- 2. Politics, governance, and the zigzags of the power vertical : toward a framework for analyzing Russia's local regimes / Vladimir Gel'man -- 3. Deference or governance? : a survival analysis of Russia's governors under presidential control / William M. Reisinger and Bryon J. Moraski -- 4. Why do political systems become party systems? : addressing a cross-national puzzle through subnational survey data / Henry E. Hale and Timothy J. Colton -- 5. Opposition parties in dominant-party regimes : inclusion and exclusion in Russia's regions / Rostislav Turovsky -- 6. National identity and xenophobia in Russia : opportunities for regional analysis / Yoshiko M. Herrera and Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus -- 7. Good governance : efficiency and effectiveness in Russian regional healthcare / Andrei Akhremenko -- 8. Inequality and authoritarian rule in Russia and China / Thomas F. Remington -- 9. Making autocracy work? : Russian regional politics under Putin / Donna Bahry.