comparativepoliticsСравнительная политикаComparative Politics Russia2221-32792412-4990Издательская группа «Юрист»10.18611/2221-3279-2012-3-3(9)-126-148comparativepolitics-112Research ArticleСРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ ЛОКАЛЬНОГО ОПЫТАCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LOCAL CASESETHNIC MINORITY ELITES IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTIRES: THE CASE OF ESTONIAETHNIC MINORITY ELITES IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTIRES: THE CASE OF ESTONIARuusJ.RuusJ.

Ph.D., senior research fellow

Ph.D., senior research fellow

University of TartuЭстонияUniversity of TartuEstonia20120907201533(9)126148Copyright © Ruus J., 20152015Ruus J.Ruus J.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.sravpol.ru/jour/article/view/112

The aim of the article is to study the unity versus fragmentation patterns of minority elites and its influence on democratic processes. More generally, the article makes an attempt to analyse the reasons why the “voice“ of the noncore elite is not heard within Estonian polity.

The aim of the article is to study the unity versus fragmentation patterns of minority elites and its influence on democratic processes. More generally, the article makes an attempt to analyse the reasons why the “voice“ of the noncore elite is not heard within Estonian polity.

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