Leadership Selection and Patron–Client Relations in the USSR and Yugoslavia (Paperback)

Part 1. Recruiting Regional Political Elites  1. Functional Career Specialization in Soviet Regional Elite Recruitment Joel C. Moses  2. Nomenklatura: Check on Localism? John Miller  3. Regional Elites in Socialist Yugoslavia: Changing Patterns of Recruitment and Composition Lenard Cohen  Part 2. Patrons and Clients  4. Political Seilsschaften in the USSR Gyula Jozsa  5. Political Clientelism in Russia: the Historical Perspective Daniel T. Orlovsky  6. Political Clientelism in the USSR and Japan: a Tentative Comparison Shuga Minagawa.  Conclusion: Some Theoretical Considerations on Advancement within the Political Elite in Soviet-Type Systems Bohdan Harasymiw