| Title |
V. Putino valdžios veikimas: kelių sluoksnių elito grupių sistema / |
| Translation of Title |
Vladimir Putin’s regime: the system of multi-layered power elite groups. |
| Authors |
Keršanskas, Vytautas |
| DOI |
10.15388/Polit.2016.4.10361 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Politologija.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2016, Nr. 4, p. 134-174.. ISSN 1392-1681. eISSN 2424-6034 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Post-Communist Russia ; Vladimir Putin’s regime ; elite groups |
| Abstract [eng] |
There are many different explanations of how the Russia’s political system, after the collapse of the USSR, is functioning. Some argue that it can be described as a strictly centralized power vertical, authoritarian or even dictatorial model. Others suggest that the basis of the system lay in the power of elite groups or media control (mediocracy). However, the different perspectives share same assumption: the essential role in the Russian political system is played by various power elite groups; thus, their analysis helps one to understand the functioning of the regime more profoundly. The analyses of Post-Communist Russia’s elite are based on the main assumptions of the theories of power elite. It means that not only relations and interactions between various power groups are analyzed, but also the links between the concentration of power in specific groups with the post-Communist Russia transformation process. However, Russia’s political system is a “black box” that is very hard to open and acknowledge. Therefore, even an analysis of the elite groups can only give partial answers to the study of its political system.... |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2016 |
