Elites and Democratic Development in Russia (Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition) - Hardcover

Book 3 of 22: Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition
 
9780415306980: Elites and Democratic Development in Russia (Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415306981 ISBN 13: 9780415306980
Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Vladimir Gel'man, Anton Steen

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415306981
ISBN 13 
9780415306980
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
224
Editor
Gel'man Vladimir, Steen Anton