Elected and appointed – a difference only in details
The appointed governors are more often technocrats than the elected ones, "appointees" more often come from federal structures. Among them there are more than the "Varangians" who do not have communications with the region. Research by Hoah Buckley, Guzel Garifullina, John Reuter and Timothy Frye
The "stick" reporting complicates work of district police officers
Muscovites badly know the district police officers, but nevertheless consider their work necessary, and even are ready to help them according to the lights and opportunities. Research by Lauren McCarthy
"Studying Institutions and Development in Russia: New Data and New Approaches" conference
On June 26 and 27, 2013 the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development held own reporting conference
CSID fellows at MPSA
Staff of the Center acted within one of MPSA conference sessions
"Obedient" mayors are necessary to inexperienced governors
Appointment of mayors instead of their election most often happens in the richest and poor cities. Governors-beginners also prefer to work with "the person" at a post of the town governor. G. Garifullina and A.Shubenkova's work
How do employees become voters
An article in the "Vedomosti" newspaper dedicated to the review of research by Timothy Fry, Ora John Reuter and David Szakonyi
Jobs under the pressure of electoral technologies
HSE's expert portal observes CSID's research
ICSID Post-Doc Recruitment Proposal
The National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow invites applications for a Post-Doctoral position at HSE International Center for the Studies of Institutions and Development (ICSID) to work on the project devoted to applying Limited Access Order/ Open Access Order approach to the Russian historical dynamics of XX-XXI centuries .
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Protest Psychology
Alexey Zakharov reflects on the psychology of the "Russian protest" and talks about the results of the "Factors of collective action" study carried out within the CSID IIMS project in his co;umn in "Vedomosti" Newspaper.