Mediator institutes and their development in contemporary Russia. III. Ombudsman institute

Mediator institutes and their development in contemporary Russia. III. Ombudsman institute


Sungurov A.Yu.,

Dr. Sci. (Pol. Sci.), Professor, Head of Department of Applied Political Science, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, asungurov@mail.ru


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Raspopov N.P., rnp@uic.nnov.ru

Glukhova E.A., katerinaglukhova@gmail.com


Rubric: Russia today

For citation:

Sungurov A.Yu., Raspopov N.P., Glukhova E.A. Mediator institutes and their development in contemporary Russia. III. Ombudsman institute . – Polis. Political Studies. 2013. No. 2



Abstract

The paper continues a set of publications devoted to development in contemporary Russia of the institutes with mediator functions. The development of Ombudsman Institute in the Russian Federation, in St-Petersburg, and Nizhniy Novgorod region are analyzed from comparative perspective. The subjects of research are history of these organizations, normative base, and results of its re-active and pro-active activities. The conclusions about more prominent role of personal qualities of ombudsman and his/her previous experience by comparison with normative background is formulated. It is shown that in the case of Nizhniy Novgorod the minimal realization of ombudsman’s mediator function took place.

Keywords
ombudsman; human rights; public policy; mediator institutions; society and power; regional political regimes.


Content No. 2, 2013

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