Elites and Democratic Development in Russia

ISBN-13: 9780415306980 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 224 str.

Gregory L. Cascione; Anton Steen

Opis

The transformation from Communist rule towards democratic development in Russia cannot be fully understood without taking the elites into full consideration. This book examines how elites support and challenge democracy and why they are crucial to Russian democracy in particular. A variety of scholars demonstrate 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.

Spis treści

1. Vladimir Gel'man and Anton Steen Introduction2. John Higley, Oksan Bayulgen and Julie George Political Elite Integration and Differentiation in Russia3. Vladimir Gel'man Russia's Elites in Search of consensus: What Kind of Consolidation?4. Anton Steen The Elite Basis of Yeltsin's and Putin's Regimes5. Helge Blakkisrud The Rise and Fall of the Russian Governor: Institutional Design vs. Patron-Client Relationships6. Anton Steen and Vsevolod Timofeev Between Centre and Regions: The State Duma Deputies7. Grigorii V. Golosov Party Extinction in Russian, 1993-2002: An Elite Connection8. James Hughes and Peter John Local Elites in Russia's Transition: Generation Effects on Adaptation and Competition9. Alexandr Duka Reforms and Orientations of Regional Elites: The Case of St. Petersburg10. Inessa Tarusina Elite Transformation and Regime Change: The Case of Tomsk Oblast11. Vladimir Gel'man and Inessa Tarusina Studies of Political Elites in Russia: An Overview

O autorze

Vladimir Gel'man, Anton Steen