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The Local Political Elite in the Democratic Transformation of Belarus
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1995Comparative analysis of data from the Democracy and Local Governance research program shows that political power in the Slavic states of the former USSR is based on similar social and political values: social equality; dominant rights of the majority; and inequality of political participation of various social strata and groups.
JANE M. GRICHTCHENKO, A. A. GRITSANOV
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Libya’s local elites and the politics of alliance building
Mediterranean Politics, 2015In post-revolutionary Libya, the collapse of central authority and the fragmentation of territorial control have produced a fundamental change in the political elite. Local elites emerged as the leading actors and held the key to whether central authority would be re-established.
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The Marginalisation of Local Political Elites in Britain
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 1984Experience since the late 1970s in Britain has shown the limitations of regarding central -local government relations as a bargaining relationship between interdependent actors, as found in the United States of America, France, and West Germany. The actions of the present Conservative Government highlight the weakness of British local government. This
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Local Political Elites in Indonesia: “Risers” and “Holdovers”
Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 2014Local political elites in post-Soeharto Indonesia have become increasingly diverse, challenging the dominant characterizations of them as leftovers of the old regime or political opportunists. Existing literature on Indonesia’s local politics tends to focus on top-tier elected officials, such as provincial governors, district regents and municipal ...
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The Role of Local Political Elites in East Central Europe
2021How does the elite continue to affect the evolution of local communities in the developing region of former Sovietized Europe? This book is concerned with the issue of local leadership in the countries of East-Central Europe. It is an attempt to examine, with a comparative method, the profile and the role of the local political elites (members of the ...
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Elections, Parties and Elites in Indonesia's Local Politics
South East Asia Research, 2007This paper examines the processes and outcomes of Indonesia's first ever direct local elections through an analysis of the 2006 mayoral election in Batam.
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Researching local elites: reflexivity, ‘situatedness’ and political-temporal contingency
Geoforum, 1999Ward, K. G., Jones, M. (1999). Researching local elites: reflexivity, ‘situatedness’ and political-temporal contingency. Geoforum, 30 (4), 301-312.
Kevin G. Ward, Martin Jones
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Elitization: Mainsprings of Elite Social Control of Local Politics in Cameroon
Africa TodayAbstract: In Cameroon, development priorities and the need to ensure social peace have led to the emergence of elites as social relays for community grievances within the state apparatus. The legitimacy of their role entails the conversion of political and administrative positions into resources.
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Role of Elites in Local Politics of Punjab Particularly in Jhang
Social Science Review ArchivesThis paper examines how the landed elites switch between different prerogatives in the context of the local government system of Punjab – District Jhang (2000-2016). Therefore, to understand the socio-political positions of these elites, their representation in local governance, interference in democratic proceedings and effects on the benefit/welfare ...
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