Description: An Algebra of Soviet Power Elite Circulation in the Belorussian Republic 1966–86 In An Algebra of Soviet Power, Michael Urban adopts a fresh approach and introduces into the field of political elite studies the sociological technique of vacancy chain analysis. Michael E. Urban (Author) 9780521372565, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 23 November 1989 200 pages 22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.43 kg Control of office has long been regarded as the key element in understanding power and policy in the Soviet system. What, however, accounts for the control of office and how are individuals recruited into positions of power and responsibility? In An Algebra of Soviet Power, Michael Urban adopts a fresh approach and introduces into the field of political elite studies the sociological technique of vacancy chain analysis. This treats the movements of actors as sequences of complex inter-relations that are structured by the properties and powers of the personnel system rather than by the consequences of individual intentions or characteristics. This algebraic method is applied to a large body of career data of officials from the Soviet Republic of Belorussia for the period 1966–86. The author documents how, despite the formal systems of nomenklatura - central control over personnel placement - the flow of individuals through the hierarchy of offices in Belorussia has not been influenced by any coordinating policy issuing from Moscow or Minsk. Instead regionalism has played an important, and patronage the decisive, role in the system. List of figures and tables Preface Acknowledgements 1. Method, model and historical background 2. Hierarchy, mobility and a stratified model 3. Centralization as a determinant of elite circulation 4. The regional structure of elite circulation 5. The structure of patronage affiliations 6. Does faction make a difference? 7. Political succession 8. Conclusions, implications and the question of levels Appendices Notes Index. Subject Areas: Political structure & processes [JPH]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Political structure & processes [JPH]
Book Title: An Algebra of Soviet Power
ISBN: 0521372569
Publication Date: 23/11/1989
Item Depth: 20
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Name: An Algebra of Soviet Power: Elite Circulation in the Belorussian Republic 1966-86
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 228 mm
Publication Year: 1989
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 430 g
Subject Area: Political Science
Author: Michael E. Urban
Item Width: 152 mm
Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
Format: Hardcover
