CONTENTS -- CHAPTER 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO CENTER-PERIPHERY RELATIONS Daniel R. Kempton and Terry D. Clark -- PART I RUSSIAN CENTER-PERIPHERY RELATIONS: A FEDERAL EXPERIMENT -- CHAPTER 2 THREE CHALLENGES TO ASSESSING RUSSIAN FEDERALISM Daniel R. Kempton -- CHAPTER 3 KOMI AND THE CENTER: DEVELOPING FEDERALISM IN AN ERA OF SOCIOECONOMIC CRISIS James Alexander -- CHAPTER 4 THE CASE OF SAKHA: BARGAINING WITH MOSCOW Daniel R. Kempton -- CHAPTER 5 YELTSIN, SHAIMIEV, AND DUDAEV: NEGOTIATING AUTONOMY FOR TATARSTAN AND CHECHNYA Ann E. Robertson -- CHAPTER 6 THE KALININGRAD OBLAST- A TROUBLESOME EXCLAVE Ingmar Oldberg -- CHAPTER 7 FEDERAL REFORM AND INTRAPERIPHERAL CONFLICT: THE CASE OF NENETS AUTONOMOUS OKRUG Helge Blakkisrud -- CHAPTER 8 ASSESSING RUSSIAN FEDERALISM Daniel R. Kempton -- PART II CENTER-PERIPHERY RELATIONS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION: DIVERSE SOLUTIONS -- CHAPTER 9 STUDYINGLOCAL POLITICS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION Terry D. Clark -- CHAPTER 10 REGIONALISM IN POST-SOVIET UKRAINE Paul Kubicek -- CHAPTER 11 NATIONAL- LOCAL LINKS IN LITHUANIA Terry D. Clark -- CHAPTER 12 CENTRAL POWER AND REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN UZBEKISTAN Lawrence R. Robertson and Roger D. Kangas -- CHAPTER 13 IDENTITY/ DIFFERENCE IN CENTRAL ASIA: TRIBES, CLANS, AND MAHALLA Anthony Bichel -- CHAPTER 14 CONCLUSIONS AND ASSESSMENTS: STRATEGIES IN CENTER- PERIPHERY RELATIONS Daniel R. Kempton and Terry D. Clark -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS.