Elite Succession, Petrification, and Policy Innovation in Communist Systems: An Empirical Assessment

IN COMMUNIST REGIMES, SUCCESSION FORCES POLICY DISTINCTIVENESS, IN CONTRAST TO THE WEST WHERE POLICY DIFFERENCES SEEM TO BLUR DURING ELECTIONS. THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT SUCCESSION IS NOT SO MUCH THAT IT ROTATES LEADERS, BUT THAT IT CHANGES A LEADERS SENSE OF POWER, WHETHER BY SUCCESSION OR RENEWED...

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Published in:	Comparative political studies 1976-04, Vol.9 (1), p.3-42
Main Author:	Bunce, Valerie
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	APPLIED RESEARCH CHOICE, IN ANY CONTEXT COMMUNISM DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND INSTITUTIONS Empirical method HEAVILY EMPHASIZES METHODOLOGY OR TECHNIQUE OF STUDY LEADERSHIP POLITICAL AND POWER PROCESS POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OR POLITICAL DEGENERATION Political leadership POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SYSTEM AS A WHOLE POLITICAL THEORY POWER, PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING PUBLIC POLICY SOCIALISM
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Summary:	IN COMMUNIST REGIMES, SUCCESSION FORCES POLICY DISTINCTIVENESS, IN CONTRAST TO THE WEST WHERE POLICY DIFFERENCES SEEM TO BLUR DURING ELECTIONS. THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT SUCCESSION IS NOT SO MUCH THAT IT ROTATES LEADERS, BUT THAT IT CHANGES A LEADERS SENSE OF POWER, WHETHER BY SUCCESSION OR RENEWED MANDATE.
ISSN:	0010-4140 1552-3829