Wilson Center Experts
Oleksandr Vladimirovich Potekhin
Regional Exchange Grant
Kennan Institute
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
; Ukraine
Affiliation:
Director, Ukrainian Centre for Peace, Conversion and Conflict Resolution Studies
Wilson Center Project(s):
Social Mobility and Formation of Elites in Democratic Society
Term:
Apr 01, 1996
Jun 01, 1996
Project Summary
Covers the problem sof formation of new political elites in Ukraine, their classification, and foreign policy orientations. Stresses the formation and the stratification of the military-industrial elite in Ukraine and its foreign policy orientations. Shows the paradoxes of elite formation caused by its colonial and Soviet legacy.