Home  About FNI  Research  Publications  Staff  News & events  Contact		FNI PROJECTS The Russian North: Federal Politics and Regional Consequences The overarching theme of the project is Russian federal politics towards the Russian northern areas and the consequences of these politics in the regions. The project consists of two main parts. First, it involves an analysis of federal authorities' legal, political and economic measures towards the Russian North. Have the last decade's changes in Russian legislation limited the possibilities of federal authorities to influence the development of the state's northern areas? How have changes in the political-institutional framework affected the authorities' capability to pursue a uniform policy in the North? To what extent does the financial dependence of the Russian North on the federal centre counteract attempts at legal and political decentralisation? Second, several case studies of selected geographical areas and economic sectors are carried out under the project to investigate the extent to which the development is determined by federal measures or internal factors in the region. FNI project leader: Geir Hønneland Project period: 2000-2003 Publications: Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland (eds.), Tackling Space: Federal Politics and the Russian North. Lanham (MD) and Oxford, University Press of America, 2005, 222 p. Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland, 'The Burden and Blessing of Space'. In Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland (eds), Tackling Space: Federal Politics and the Russian North. Lanham (MD) and Oxford, University Press of America, 2005, pp. 193-204. Kryukov, Valeriy and Arild Moe, 'Hydrocarbon resources and Northern development'. In Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland (eds), Tackling Space: Federal Politics and the Russian North. Lanham (MD) and Oxford, University Press of America, 2005, pp. 125-142. Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland, 'The Russian North – An Introduction'. In Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland (eds), Tackling Space: Federal Politics and the Russian North. Lanham (MD) and Oxford, University Press of America, 2005, pp. 1-24. Hønneland, Geir, 'Whose Fish: Federal Property or Northern Asset?'. In Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland (eds), Tackling Space: Federal Politics and the Russian North. Lanham (MD) and Oxford, University Press of America, 2005, pp. 107-124. Hønneland, Geir and Jørgen Holten Jørgensen, 'The Ups and Downs of Environmental Governance'. In Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland (eds), Tackling Space: Federal Politics and the Russian North. Lanham (MD) and Oxford, University Press of America, 2005, pp. 143-162. Ragner, Claes Lykke, 'Transport Infrastructure: Continued Federal Involvement in the North'. In Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland (eds), Tackling Space: Federal Politics and the Russian North. Lanham (MD) and Oxford, University Press of America, 2005, pp. 79-106. Hønneland, Geir and Jørgen Holten Jørgensen, 'Federal Environmental Governance and the Russian North'. Polar Geography, Vol 29, No 1, 2005, pp. 42-57. Hønneland, Geir and Helge Blakkisrud (eds.), Centre-Periphery Relations in Russia - The Case of the Northwestern Regions. Ashgate, 2001. 245p. Blakkisrud, Helge and Geir Hønneland, 'Center-Periphery Relations in Russia's European North', Polar Geography, Vol 24, No 1, 2000, pp. 27-56. Top		Related focal points of research:   Polar and Russian politics Project funding:   The Research Council of Norway External cooperation partners:   Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Related FNI document:   Nordområdeforskning ved FNI ('FNI's Research on the High North'). Presentation brochure in Norwegian (PDF , 0.6 Mb)
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