Local reforsm

• What were introduced?

  Zemstva
• who did this system favour?

  the nobility who made up at least 40% of district members and 70% of local
• why were the nobilityfavoured

  to recompense them after the financial and power loss of the emancipation
• What did the Zemstva bring impovements to?

  • Building better roads, schools, water, electricity and hospitals
• what were the other positives of the Zemstva?

  • gave people political experience
  • led to the third element critiquing the state as they pushed for more social reform
  • viewed themselves as an alternative establishment
• what were the negatives of the Zemstva?

  • only attracted educated thrid section so never really representative or democratic
  • restrictions on tax
  • dominated by nobility who took advantage of situation
  • patchy rexults
  • mobility could hamper the decisions through veto
  • peasants are put off by tax and nobility