Leadership Selection and Patron-Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia

ISBN-13: 9781032376295 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 258 str.

Opis

Leadership Selection and Patron-Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia (1983) examines the system of nomenklatura, the semi-secret network of quasi-bureaucratic rules and personal relationships through which careers in Soviet politics were managed, both in the USSR and other Communist states.

Spis treści

Part 1. Recruiting Regional Political Elites  1. Functional Career Specialization in Soviet Regional Elite Recruitment Joel C. Moses  2. Nomenklatura: Check on Localism? John Miller  3. Regional Elites in Socialist Yugoslavia: Changing Patterns of Recruitment and Composition Lenard Cohen  Part 2. Patrons and Clients  4. Political Seilsschaften in the USSR Gyula Józsa  5. Political Clientelism in Russia: the Historical Perspective Daniel T. Orlovsky  6. Political Clientelism in the USSR and Japan: a Tentative Comparison Shuga Minagawa.  Conclusion: Some Theoretical Considerations on Advancement within the Political Elite in Soviet-Type Systems Bohdan Harasymiw

O autorze

T.H. Rigby and Bohdan Harasymiw