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Vol. 41 (Issue 49) Year 2020. Art. 21

Received: 09/10/2020 • Approved: 03x/11/2020 • Published 23/12/2020

Technocratic governors: a new style in the political space of the Russian Federation

Gobernadores tecnocráticos: un nuevo estilo en el espacio político de la Federación Rusa

EVTEKHOV, Roman A.1 

Abstract
The paper deals with the problems of political style development in the Russian Federation governors' corps.  There is few research on the issue of federal subjects heads' political style, which makes it necessary to consider it. The transformation of the democratic governing model in the 90's into a vertical one resulted in the change of the political roles and the participation of governors. In this regard, the modern style of political leadership of Russian governors was developing under the influence of some basic elements of the political system. The article highlights the main characteristic elements under the influence of which the political style of governorship is formed, in particular, institutionalization, professionalization, the significant role of informal ties, the formal responsibility to the population (voters), the lack of opportunities in setting a political agenda, and others.
Key words: Technocracy, political style, governors, Russian Federation, political space, federal subjects.

Resumen:
El documento trata los problemas del desarrollo del estilo político en el cuerpo de gobernadores de la Federación de Rusia. Existen pocas investigaciones sobre el tema del estilo político de los jefes de sujetos federales, lo que hace necesario considerarlo. La transformación del modelo de gobierno democrático en la década de los 90 en uno vertical resultó en el cambio de roles políticos y la participación de los gobernantes. En este sentido, el estilo moderno de liderazgo político de los gobernadores rusos se estaba desarrollando bajo la influencia de algunos elementos básicos del sistema político. El artículo destaca los principales elementos característicos bajo cuya influencia se configura el estilo político de gobernanza, en particular, la institucionalización, la profesionalización, el papel significativo de los vínculos informales, la responsabilidad formal con la población (votantes), la falta de oportunidades en la configuración. una agenda política, y otros.
Palabras clave: Tecnocracia, estilo político, gobernadores, Federación de Rusia, espacio político, sujetos federales.


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The research was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Fund of Fundamental Research (RFFR) and Expert Institute of Social Research (EISR) in the framework of the research project No. 20-011-32004 "Manager political style development in the regions of Russia: history and modernity".Funding: The reported study was funded by RFFR and EISR, project number № 20-011-32004 «Manager political style development in the regions of Russia: history and modernity».

1. Candidate of Historical Science, Researcher at the Department of History and Theory of Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russian Federation. Email: lib-lab-scan@mail.ru


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