Subnational Variations in Government-Nonprofit Relations: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Differences within Russia

This article discusses the evolution of government-nonprofit relations at the regional level in Russia against the background of national-level restrictions on NGOs. Russia recently also introduced supportive policies and the article aims to trace the regional administrations' reactions to the...

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Published inJournal of comparative policy analysis Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 47 - 65
Main Authors Toepler, Stefan, Pape, Ulla, Benevolenski, Vladimir
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Authoritarianism
civil society
Comparative analysis
federalism
government-nonprofit relationships
International comparisons
NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations
Nonprofit organizations
Regional government
Regional variations
Russia
subnational comparative analysis
Russia
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Summary:This article discusses the evolution of government-nonprofit relations at the regional level in Russia against the background of national-level restrictions on NGOs. Russia recently also introduced supportive policies and the article aims to trace the regional administrations' reactions to the dual realities of the federal government's posture towards nonprofits. Considerable variation was found in regional government-nonprofit relationships as well as deviation from national policy stances. Using a subnational comparative framework, this article addresses a gap in the literature and lays the groundwork for future cross-national comparisons of subnational variations of government-nonprofit relations in other authoritarian and hybrid political regimes.
ISSN:1387-6988
1572-5448
DOI:10.1080/13876988.2019.1584446