Abstract
This article examines governance in Russia
using policy ideas as an analytical lens and the case of
family policy. Following the definition of the ideational
process as a “discourse,” Russian governance is viewed
as three discursive layers: the president, ministerial
bureaucracy, and regional and local levels. This system—
represented in our original “nested model of discoursive
governance”—involves: intensive communicative
discourse from the president as he seeks to legitimize
policy in the eyes of the public and provide signals to
officials; a vigorous coordinative discourse at the middle
level, where officials and experts negotiate their ideas;
and a local discourse in which political communication
and technical coordination coexist and involve (besides
officials and experts) members of the public through the
“collaborative” and “protest-induced” routes. The study
reveals the mechanism of flexible governance, which is
associated with the partial accommodation of different
ideational positions.
using policy ideas as an analytical lens and the case of
family policy. Following the definition of the ideational
process as a “discourse,” Russian governance is viewed
as three discursive layers: the president, ministerial
bureaucracy, and regional and local levels. This system—
represented in our original “nested model of discoursive
governance”—involves: intensive communicative
discourse from the president as he seeks to legitimize
policy in the eyes of the public and provide signals to
officials; a vigorous coordinative discourse at the middle
level, where officials and experts negotiate their ideas;
and a local discourse in which political communication
and technical coordination coexist and involve (besides
officials and experts) members of the public through the
“collaborative” and “protest-induced” routes. The study
reveals the mechanism of flexible governance, which is
associated with the partial accommodation of different
ideational positions.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Demokratizatsiya |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 335-362 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| ISSN | 1074-6846 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2023 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- 5171 Political Science
- Authoritarian regimes
- Public policy
- Russia
- Social policy
- Family policy
- Discourses
Datasets
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“Flexible Authoritarian Governance in Russia, v. 1.0.” Discuss Data.
Khmelnitskaya, M. (Creator), Sätre, A.-M. (Creator) & Pape, U. (Creator), Quality Press of the Southern Tier Inc, 3 Feb 2022
DOI: 10.48320/57E4C704-7073-496E-84D2-F4BA89BC47E3
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