Elites and Democratic Development in Russia

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Central Government
comparative democratisation
council
CPSU Apparatus
duma
Elite Integration
Elite Research
Elite Settlement
elite theory
Elite Transformation
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Federal Okrugs
federation
Federation Council
Fragmented Elite
Gubernatorial Elections
integration
Intra-elite Relations
Leningrad Oblast
National Legislative Elections
nizhnii
Nizhnii Novgorod
Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast
novgorod
patron-client networks
Political Parties
political sociology
post-communist transition
regime consolidation
regional
Regional Elites
Regional Legislative Assemblies
Regional Legislative Elections
Regional Political Regime
Resource Exchange System
Russian elite integration case studies
Russian Elites
Russian Federation
Russian Governor
russias
settlement
state
Tomsk Oblast

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415306980
  • Weight: 570g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 22 May 2003
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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The transformation from Communist rule towards democratic development in Russia cannot be fully understood without taking the elites into full consideration. Elites and Democratic Development in Russia examines how elites support and challenge democracy and why they are crucial to Russian democracy in particular.
In this innovative volume, twelve respected scholars investigate how elites have affected the transition from Communist rule towards democratic development in Russia. They discuss how the elites' degree of integration on national and regional levels may constitute the main condition for the consolidation of the emerging political regime and interpret the complex post-communist elite patterns of behaviour and attitudes into a theoretical framework of elitist democracy.
This book will appeal to those interested in democratization, elites, post-Soviet Russia and post-communist studies.