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TheElitesoftheNorthCaucasus-ResearchandChallenges
generallyconfirmthattheconstitutionalmodelandsystemofgovernancein
theregionarechanging.Thesechangesreconfigurethestructureoftheelites
andareconnectedwiththeimportantimplicationsforthepoliticallifeinthe
republicsoftheNorthCaucasus.
Theseproblemsweredescribedwithinthetwovolumes(eighthandninth
oftheeditorialseries“Power-Elites-Leadership“).Theauthorsofthefollowing
volumerepresentuniversitycentresofpoliticalsciencefromCracow,Gdansk,
Olsztyn,SzczecinandWarsaw,aswellastheWarsawSchoolofEconomics,
HigherSchoolofSecurityinPoznan,StefanBatoryHigherSchoolofTradein
PiotrkowTrybunalski;Amongtheauthorsarealsotherepresentativesofforeign
researchcenters:SouthernFederalUniversityinRostov-on-Don,InstituteofSo-
cialandPoliticalResearchofRussianAcademyofScience,RussianAcademy
ofNationalEconomyandPublicService,ChechenStateUniversity(Grozny),
ChechenRepublicAcademyofScience,Kabardo-BalkarianStateUniversity
(Nalchik),K.L.KhetagurovNorthOssetianStateUniversity(Vladikavkaz)and
I.DzhavakhishviliInstituteofHistoryandEthnologyinTbilisi.
ProfessorVictorChernous-therepresentativeofRostovSchoolofEli-
tology,directorofCenterforSystemicRegionalResearchandPrognosesof
theSouthernFederalUniversityinRostov-on-Don-supportedtheresearchin
bothscientificandorganizationalarea.Thecooperationwiththisoutstanding
Caucasusresearcherplayedacrucialroleintheproject.Hewasaconsultant
ofproject’sconceptandthesupervisorofinternationalcooperation.Wordsof
gratitudeshouldbededicatedalsotoDr.PrzemysławSieradzan,whocoor-
dinatedtheprojectfromthePolishside.
Thebook’sstructureconsistsofthreeparts.Theauthorsofthechaptersin
thefirstpartparticipateinthecurrentdiscussiononthetheoryandmethodol-
ogyofresearchontransformationofthepoliticalelitesoftheNorthCaucasus.
ProfessorAndrzejFurierattemptstoassessthestrongandweakpointsof
„Caucasianelitology“andindicatestheneedtoseeknewmethodsofresearch
onthepoliticaleliteoftheregion.Oneofthepossiblecluesisaconceptof
„archeomodernity“,whichwasintroducedtoscientificdiscoursebyAlexan-
derDugin.Bypointingtothestrengthsandweaknessesoftheconceptof
Dugin,theauthorstatesthatitcanbeusefulinanalysisofpoliticsandelites
oftheNorthCaucasus,butrequiresrecognitionintheprecisemethodologi-
calframeworkandintegrationoftoolsandmethodsthathavealreadyproved
validinthiskindofresearch.
InthenextchapterprofessorAlexanderPonedelkov,professor,Alexander
StarostinandprofessorLarisaShvetsanalyzephilosophical,doctrinal,and
practicalaspectsofthedevelopementofelitology.Theydiagnosetheadvance-
mentlevelofthisresearchinRussianscientificcenters.Theypointouttothe
models,paradigms,andscientificmethods,whichweredevelopedbyRostov
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