Проблемы народного представительства в Российской Федерации [Сб. ст.]

This collected work studies one of the main issue of a democratic system: popular representation at the different levels of the political pyramid. The following topics are discussed: lobbyists and their place in the legislative process; control of the power of the parliament in the current Russian constitution; the Federal Council's control over the Central Bank; legal aspects of the State Duma dissolution; suggestion on reforming the Federal Council; combination of direct and representative forms of participation in governing; president and representative power; representative power in the regions; regional legislative activity, etc.