Pluralism in the Komi Republic? Overcoming Executive Resistance.

Demokratizatsiya | June 22, 1999| | Copyright

Political development in Russia's regions has often resembled the creation of political fiefdoms more than the flowering of democracy in a new age. Among the developments has been a centralization by regional elites at the expense of other political contenders.(1) To varying degrees, certain key political leaders across the country represent a continuation of the Soviet-period nomenklatura system of elite privilege and position and its extension into postcommunist Russia in new forms.(2) The process of regional elite dominance has included attempts to limit the activity of ...

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