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Book Project
Book Project
Governing Regions with Outsiders: Subnational Cadre Rotations and Centralization in Post-Soviet Russia
Governing Regions with Outsiders: Subnational Cadre Rotations and Centralization in Post-Soviet Russia
Although centralization gives autocrats formal power over entire regions of their countries, weak institutions and the vast size of the territories prevent them from effectively managing local affairs without the support of local elites. This book project sheds light on centralization reforms in Russia and how these reforms have changed the political interactions between federal, regional, and local elites. Based on information gathered during eleven months of intensive fieldwork in several Russian regions, it is shown that several Kremlin agents are struggling to involve local elites in centralization reforms. Statistical analyses of a variety of data, such as the career patterns of governors and heads of municipal executives, methods of selecting heads of municipal executives, and election results, support the theories presented in the case studies. The main findings suggest that informal interactions among local elites play a crucial role even in centralized autocracies. Although autocracies successfully centralize power through formal institutional reforms, new informal interactions between central and local governments emerge within the framework of the new institutions.
On a campaign poster of an incumbent mayor of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, someone put a sticker saying "Едим Россию (We eat Russia.)" instead of "Единая Россия (United Russia)." The bear in the original United Russia logo was replaced by a mouse. Photo taken in Novosibirsk (summer 2019).
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Europe-Asia Studies, 2023, 75 (10), pp. 1651–1676.
"Growing Localization and Fragmentation of Patronal Politics: Ukrainian Local Elections since 2010."
Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2023, 64 (3), pp. 296–321.
Democratization, 2022, 29 (7), pp. 1249–1267.
Post-Soviet Affairs, 2019, 35 (3), pp. 258–276.
Publications in Japanese
Publications in Japanese
Russian and East European Studies, 2020, 49, pp. 144–166.
(「アウトサイダーの増加とそのペナルティ: ロシアの知事⼈事の変化とその選挙動員への影響，1991-2019 年 」『ロシア・東欧研究』2020年, 第49号, 144-166頁.)
Russian and East European Studies, 2018, 47, pp. 98-116.
(「跋扈するクラン政治から垂直的権力の形成へ: ダゲスタンの共和国政府-市郡政府の関係の変遷」『ロシア・東欧研究』2018年, 第47号, 98–116頁.)
Slavic Studies, 2018, 65, pp. 1-38. [Online appendix]
(「全てのウクライナ人はオレンジだったのか? 2004年ウクライナ大統領選における政治マシーンと東西亀裂」『スラヴ研究』2018年, 第65号, 1–38頁.)
Works in Progress
Works in Progress
Under Review
Invited to R&R at Electoral Studies
"Cadre Control and Coercion: How Centralized Appointments of Subnational Officials Intensify Judicial Repression." (with Evgenia Olimpieva)
Invited to R&R at Comparative Politics
"Legitimacy and Control: The Strategic Use of Minor Opposition Parties in Authoritarian Elections" (with Mari Aburamoto)
Invited to R&R at Comparative Politics
"Why Do Pro-Russian Parties Flourish? Contextualizing the Rise of Ilan Șor’s Parties in Moldova"
Under Review
Other Publications
Other Publications
Forum for Ukrainian Studies, June 2022.
Presentations
Presentations
Association for the Study of Nationalities (2021)
Japanese Society for Quantitative Political Science (2021, 2022, 2024)
East Asian Conference of Slavic and Eurasian Studies (2019)
Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (2017, 2022, 2024)
Midwest Political Science Association (2016 (poster), 2022)
Southern Political Science Association (2016)
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