Elite recruitment and state-society relations in technocratic authoritarian regimes: The Russian case

Huskey, Eugene

doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2010.10.004

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“…This is the obverse side of the prohibition against raising issues linked to pueblo or class'. The Russian case tends to be addressed as a case of technocratic authoritarianism (Huskey, 2010), or authoritarian modernisation (Gel'man, 2016). This results in precisely the kind of depoliticisation of which O'Donnell spoke.…”

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Russia in the Putin era – a case of bureaucratic authoritarianism?

Everett

2022

New Perspectives

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There has been much debate surrounding the classification of the kind of regime which developed in Russia following the collapse of communism and this has only intensified during the Putin era. This article considers whether the concept of bureaucratic-authoritarianism is really applicable in the case of Russia. Lilia Shevtsova was the first to tentatively state that Russia is a case of bureaucratic-authoritarianism. However, to provide more assured acceptance or rejection of the concept, this article returns to the paradigm’s roots. The concept of bureaucratic-authoritarianism was developed by Guillermo O’Donnell and thus the characteristics he outlined are applied to the case of Russia in the Putin era. Doing so allows for a level of precision and depth in concluding that bureaucratic-authoritarianism is a relevant paradigm. Confirmatory evidence for all seven of the characteristics enumerated by O’Donnell is found, suggesting that Russia in the Putin era can be considered a case of bureaucratic-authoritarianism.

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Russia in the Putin era – a case of bureaucratic authoritarianism?

Everett

2022

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“…Такое явления принято обозначать французским словом «пантуфляж» (pantouflage) -быстрое перемещение с одних позиций в государственном секторе на другие, более прибыльные места, но уже в частном секторе. По большому счету это явление и может провоцировать конфликты интересов представителей разных социальных групп, порож-дать коррупцию, социальное неравенство [17].…”

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The features of career strategies for politically active youth of modern Russia

Евгеньевич¹

2018

ТИПОР

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Сушко Павел Евгеньевич кандидат социологических наук, научный сотрудник Федерального научно-исследовательского социологического центра Российской академии наук ОСОБЕННОСТИ КАРЬЕРНЫХ СТРАТЕГИЙ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИ АКТИВНОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ СОВРЕМЕННОЙ РОССИИ [1]Аннотация: В статье на основе серии биографических интер-вью с представителями современной российской молодежи анализируются их карьерные стратегии и траектории в политико-управленческой сфере. Внимание фокусируется на действующих моделях успеха в политике, на факторах продвижения по ка-рьерной лестнице, а также на ключевых каналах со-циальной мобильности, обеспечивающих вхожде-ние молодых людей в сферу политики. Описыва-ются основные этапы построения карьеры, анали-зируются изменения в поведенческих стратегиях и мотивационных установках молодых управлен-цев. Отмечается, что карьерная мобильность по-литически активной молодежи существенно отли-чается от мобильности в других социальных груп-пах и характеризуется высокой конкуренцией, сла-бой оформленностью и неопределенностью тре-бований к молодым кандидатам, лояльностью к действующим внутригрупповым нормам, диффе-ренцированной системой каналов вхождения.Ключевые слова: карьерная мобильность, политическая актив-ность, политическая социализация, стиль жизни, молодежь, каналы социальной мобильности. Summary: Based on a series of biographical interviews with modern Russian people, the study analyzes their career strategies and paths in political and administrative field. The research focuses on successful political models, factors of career advancement and the key channels of social mobility ensuring the youth integration into politics. The author describes the main stages of career development, analyzes changes in behavioral strategies and motivational attitudes of young managers. The research notes that the career mobility of politically active young people differs significantly from mobility of other social groups and is characterized by high competition, incomplete and undetermined requirements for young candidates, loyalty to existing intra-group standards, differentiated system of ways of integration into political area. Sushko Pavel EvgenyevichKeywords: career mobility, political activity, political socialization, lifestyle, youth, channels of social mobility.В современных реалиях российского общества, характеризующегося трансформацией при-вычных социальных структур, ростом социальной конкуренции и общественного неравенства, у ин-дивидов может формироваться чувство социальной аномии и неопределенности в выборе жизнен-ных стратегий и ориентиров. В этих условиях принципиальным становится вопрос выбора тех ка-налов социальной мобильности, которые с большей эффективностью могут гарантировать дости-жение желаемого социального статуса и социальных ролей в рамках существующих структур.В статье основное внимание сфокусировано на действующих стратегиях карьерной мо-бильности в достаточно непростой социальной группе -политически и социально активной мо-лодежи, стремящейся самореализоваться посредством формирования особого социаль...

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“…A low level of government autonomy leads to the transformation of the cabinet of ministers from a collective entity of key decision-makers to a technocratic set of officials responsible for implementing the commands of the president or prime minister. The president, or in some instances the prime minster (Shevchenko 2004;Huskey 2010), 'hires' individuals for executive positions, considering them to be technocratic managers rather than politicians. Hence, the cabinet in this system of governance is neither a group of officials who are politically responsible to the parliament nor a team of professionals who share common policy goals and methods.…”

Section: Russia In the 2000s: Institutions And Incentivesmentioning

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Opportunities and Constraints of Authoritarian Modernisation: Russian Policy Reforms in the 2000s

Gel'man¹,

Starodubtsev²

2016

Europe-Asia Studies

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The essay explores why some socioeconomic reforms are successful and others are not and why and how the political regime and its institutions affect policy outcomes and the implementation of a 'narrow' programme of authoritarian modernisation, characterised by the achievement of socioeconomic growth without full-scale democratisation. It reconsiders the Russian experience of policy reforms in the 2000s as a case of authoritarian modernisation in the context of post-Communist policy changes where less than half of the proposals have been implemented, and only a few have been successful. The essay attempts to explain the factors and mechanisms of the successes and failures of policy reforms, focusing on the one hand, on the impact of electoral authoritarianism and the poor quality of the state on opportunities and constraints for policy changes, and, on the other hand, on the institutional factors which affect the vertical and horizontal fragmentation of the Russian government and the efficiency or inefficiency of its policies.

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Elite recruitment and state-society relations in technocratic authoritarian regimes: The Russian case

Cited by 30 publications

References 12 publications

Russia in the Putin era – a case of bureaucratic authoritarianism?

Russia in the Putin era – a case of bureaucratic authoritarianism?

The features of career strategies for politically active youth of modern Russia

Opportunities and Constraints of Authoritarian Modernisation: Russian Policy Reforms in the 2000s

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