Elites and Leadership in Russian Politics: Selected Papers from the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995

Proceedings of the August 1995 conference. Eight papers discuss topics such as the origins of the Russian elites, including the issue of continuity with the Soviet past; the relationship between political and economic elites; the means taken by elites to structure politics and their relations; the dynamic of elite politics; and the nature of post-communism. Together, they provide examples of current research trends while staking out future directions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.