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No 40	Changing Russian Political Culture in the 1990s: Parasites, Paradigms, and Perestroika
Institution	Harvard University: Cambridge, MA 02138
Publication (Journal)	Comparative Studies in Society and History 35 no. 3 (July 1993): 628-46
Published in	USA, 1993
Language	English
Abstract	The applicability of the "state & society" model to the political and economic changes in Russia is discussed. Confusion over the transformation of the Soviet system into independent democratic states governed by the rule of law stems largely from the use of Soviet ideological models. Testing the most popular of these, the "state & society" model, with ethnographic data, suggests that it is inadequate on several fronts: (1) lack of distinction between elites and masses; (2) lack of reform mechanisms to oversee bureaucracy or produce accountability in elected officials; (3) inadequate representation of ethnic differences; &and(4) hostility directed at political leaders rather than institutions. A new model of state & society that considers culture is discussed.
Availability	Library of the Hungarian- cademy of Sciences, Budapest
Discipline(s)	social theory , social psychology
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