The Study of the Regional Elite in Russia: Background and Empirical Experiments

Authors

  • Natalia Vladimirovna Kolesnik Социологический институт РАН , The Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science Автор

Keywords:

элита, региональная элита, регион, элитология, социальнодемографические характеристики элиты

Abstract

The article examines the history of occurrence of the term «elite» in the national social sciences. The author notes terminological confusion still existing when using this concept. Special attention is paid to the problems of research in the Russian elitology. The results of an empirical study of the elite in six Russian regions are presented.

Published

2012-05-15

Issue

No. 3 (2012)

Section

Articles