Voytov, A. V., Galkin, A. P. Role of Civil Society Institutions in Recruitment of Political Elites in the Lower Volga Region

Abstract: Based on qualitative and quantitative methods of social research, the authors of the article study the role of various public associations of Volgograd Oblast in recruiting political elites in the Lower Volga Region. The authors describe the basic groups of regional and political elites, their interactions with the Federal Center, political parties, social and political organizations and movements and business structures functioning in the area. The authors also give the results of the survey which was carried out in the region and studied how effective the political elite of the Volgograd Oblast actually was.

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