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TheElitesoftheNorthCaucasus-ResearchandChallenges
mulatesaconceptofperiodizationofthetransformationofpoliticalelites.
Accordingtotheauthor,theethnopoliticalprocessesdevelopintheconditions
ofpoorlydevelopedcivilsociety.Asaresult,theNorthCaucasusremains
azoneofpoliticalturmoil.
ProfessorMaiyaAstavatsaturovaonthebasisofsociologicalresearch
andotherdataexaminestheprocessesoftheethinizationoftheelite,politics,
andgovernanceinSouthCaucasusFederalArea.Shedrawstheethnicprofile
oftherulingelites.Sheclaimsthatthefundamentofthisprofileisanethnic
andconfessionalidentityofpoliticiansandfunctionariesofstateautority.This
factgeneratestheconflictpotentialconnectedwiththerecruitmentandcir-
culationoftherulingelite.Accordingtotheauthor,thereexistpremisesthat
indicatethechancefordemocratizationofpoliticallifeintheregion.
Dr.MagdalenaMichalska-Karolakcharacterizesthefactorsdetermining
thestatusoftheRussianpopulationintherepublicsoftheNorthCaucasus.
Sheanalyzesthedynamicsofmigrationofthispopulation,thecharacteristics
oftheirsettlementandclusters.Muchattentionispaidtoresearchofthepro-
ceduresofrecruitmentandcirculationofethnicRussians,aswellaspositive
andnegativesidesoftheactivityoftheirleadersinpoliticalpartiesandanoth-
erorganizations.Sheanalyzestheinterpenetrationofthepoliticalandbusi-
nessspheres,tiestointerestgroupsandinvolvementinconflictsconnected
withethnocracy,ethno-clanishness,nepotism,patronage,clientelism,ethnic
andterritorialdisputes.
AntonBredikhin9M.A.describestheprocessestakingplaceinthecon-
temporaryeliteofDonCossacks.Hisattentionisparticularlyfocusedondi-
lemmasassociatedwithnationalandculturalidentity.Hepresentsthemost
importantpositionsofscholarsinadisputeovertheCossakcollectivecon-
sciousness,aswellasinternaldivisionswithintheeliteofDonCossacksin
comparisonwithautonomousandseparatisttendencies.Accordingtothere-
search,theattitudeofloyaltytothecentralgovernmentandtheRussianpa-
triotismdominatesamongtheCossackelite.Thestudyincludessocialand
demographiccharacteristicsofthepoliticaleliteofthecommunityofcontem-
poraryDonCossacksandthepresentationofprofilesoftheirleaders.
ProfessorAndrzejWierzbickiattemptstoconceptualizetheethnopoliti-
calconflict.Heimplementsprimordialist,instrumentalist,andconstructivist
approachintheconstructionofthemodelofthisconflict.Heanalyzesthe
mutualrelationshipbetweenethnic,political,andethnopoliticalconflict.His
conceptualconsiderationsareverifiedontheexampleofthemajorsources
andconsequencesofconflictsinChechnya,Ingushetia,Kabardino-Balkaria
andKarachay-Cherkessia.
Theconsideretionsinthethirdpartofthevolume,whichisdedicated
totheelitesandregionalsecurity,areopenedbyachaptedwrittenbypro-
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