Comparative government 7

Political elites have a strong backing by Putin

—> creates a managed democracy(democracy but has authoritarian features)

1999(when Putin became president), there were many parties elected to a highly fractured legislature

—>within 8 years of 1st two terms of president—>Putin created UR—> as dominant party

—>like PRI in mexico, no other parties go against Putin

Devolution

—>transfer of political power from central to subnational government

—>delegation of power to regional governance

    —>can enhace/weaken legitimacy which could create opportunities+obstacles/barriers to resolve political,economic, social issues

—>Promoting political innovation matching policies to local needs improving policies through competition, increasing political participation, checking central power, and allowing better representation of religious, ethnic, and minority groups

UK
—>england

—>scotland

—>wales

—>NI

Political legitimacy

—>where the government constituents believe that their government has the right to use their power in the way they do

—>confers authority on and can increase the power of the regime and government

Traditional legitimacy: built by habits, customs over time, stresses, history, strongly institutionalized

charismatic legitimacy: built on ideas+presence of leader,delulu, weakly institutionalized

rational-legal: built on rules and procedures and the offices that create and enforces are strongly institutionalized