Clark's groundbreaking study covers the period in Soviet
political history from the fall of Nikita Khrushchev in late 1964
through the spring of 1987 and examines the forces affecting
regional elite mobility throughout the Soviet Union during these
years. Turning the explanatory focus away from the traditional
areas of patronage and clientelism, Clark adopts a novel approach
to the subject by concentrating on structural variables such as the
economic, social, and demographic aspects of the regions themselves
as key elements of an explanation for long-term mobility trends. In
addition to his focus on non-traditional variables, the broad
chronological scope of the study and the fact that all Soviet
republics with equivalent party structures are examined make
Clark's work especially valuable for graduate students and scholars
of Soviet politics and government seeking a more general and
inclusive explanation of regional elite mobility than has been
available in previous studies of the subject.
The study is based on an exhaustive examination of the careers
of over 275 Obkom (regional party committees) First Secretaries. As
a result of this analysis, the 129 regional party structures of the
USSR are ranked hierarchically with respect to political mobility.
Throughout the study, Clark seeks to isolate non-idiosyncratic
variables to explain the significant variance in mobility
opportunities offered by the various regional party units. Thus,
rather than relying on the traditional personalistic variables,
Clark seeks to identify independent variables that have explanatory
value throughout the Soviet system. Finally, Clark examines the
effects of background characteristics and functional career types
on elite mobility at the Obkom tier, and analyzes changes in
regional cadres policy after Brezhnev. Six appendices provide
additional information for the student and researcher.
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