Leadership Selection and Patronclient Relations in the Ussr and - Yugoslavi

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.

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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

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T.H. Rigby and Bohdan Harasymiw

Summary

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.

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• Authors: T.h. Harasymiw Rigby
• Assisted by: Bohdan Harasymiw (Editor), Harasymiw Bohdan (Editor), T.H. Rigby (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032376295
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237629-5
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Foreign Policy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Yugoslavia, Politics and government, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia & Former Yugoslavia