Patronage and Politics in the Ussr

Klappentext Professor Willerton examines how Soviet politicians rose to power through patronage networks. Zusammenfassung In Patronage and Politics in the USSR! first published in 1991! Professor John Willerton offers major insights into the patronage networks that have dominated elite mobility! regime formation! and governance in the Soviet Union during the past twenty-five years. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. The elite, patronage, and Soviet politics; 2. Networks and coaliation building in the Brezhnev period; 3. Patronage and the Brezhnev policy program; 4. Patronage, Gorbachev, and the period of reform; 5. Patronage and regime formation in Lithuania; 6. Azerbaijan and the Aliev network; 7. The logic of patronage in changing societies; Appendix; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John P. Willerton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2009
• EAN: 9780521121330
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12133-0
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education