Comparison of Elite Groups in Tatarstan, Sakha, Magadan, and Orenburg
Author(s)
Drobizheva, Leokadiya
Abstract
A distinguished Russian professor of sociology examines political, economic, and intellectual elites in two oblasts and two republics of the Russian Federation. Findings are based on documentary research as well as 260 interviews: 160 formal and 100 informal. The author examines the structure of elites, their orientations and characteristics, coalitions and cooperation among them, the construction of regional identities, and the prospects for elite transformation. The article compares and contrasts republics and oblasts and considers how elites in each type of region affect prospects for political change.
