Regionalism in a Systems Perspective
Explaining Elite Circulation in a Soviet Republic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4210096 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael E Urban (Auburn University, corresponding author), Russell B Reed, R Bruce Reed |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 413-431 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2498996 |
| OpenAlex | W2318681246 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
In recent years two lines of research on USSR power and personnel have challenged some long-standing interpretations of the bases of Soviet political activity. In one line, historical studies dealing with the Stalin era have called into question the conventional emphasis, epitomized in the totalitarian model, of a single leader who commands an army of loyal apparatchiki and monopolizes the political agenda. A number of scholars have shown that chaos and confusion in personnel matters were the salient characteristics of this period, rather than a coordinated system for the recruitment, placement, and promotion of cadres-an image suggested by both the totalitarian model and Stalinist boasting of a "monolithic party," a "unified state structure," and so forth. In substantive policy, the actual results in implementing regime directives in the Stalin period regularly bore no better than the faintest resemblance to the announced policy. Absent the well-oiled machine highlighted in images of the "totalitarian party," the regime's failure to control real policy results seems to have followed as a necessary consequence
Confusion · Elite · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Regionalism (politics · Salient · Sociology · Soviet union · State (computer science · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Russia and Soviet political economy · Soviet and Russian History
Matrix Algebra
Origins of the Great Purges
Housing Opportunities and Vacancy Chains
Cadres policy in nationality areas
The Belorussians
Early provincial cliques and the rise of Stalin
Ordzhonikidze's takeover of Vesenkha
Regional Party Leadership and Policy-Making in the USSR
Soviet Leadership in Transition
Patronage networks and coalition building in the Brezhnev era
Chains of Opportunity
An Opportunity Labor Demand Model and Markovian Labor Supply Models
The Single Party as an Agent of Development
Elite Recruitment and Functional Change
Regional Differences in Political Recruitment in the Soviet Republics
A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Clientelistic Behavior
Political Mobility Among Soviet Obkom Elites
Centralization and Elite Circulation in a Soviet Republic
Elite Career Patterns in A Soviet Republic
Turnover and "Family Circles" in Soviet Administration
The Soviet Regional Leadership
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2020 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |