Cultural and Educational Elite in the Field of Politics: Understanding, Structure, Analysis of the Russian Case
https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2023-9-135-143
Abstract
This article discusses the process of recruiting and ways to implement their own social capital of representatives of the cultural and educational elite in the political space. In particular, based on the results of a study of the biographies of representatives of the cultural and educational elite present in government bodies on the example of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the author demonstrated the process of deploying types of careers in the political space. Based on the research conducted by the author, examples of successful “transit” of one’s own cultural capital into the political field and back are presented. It has been shown that the recruitment of the cultural and educational elite implies a complex system of actions, suggesting how representatives of the cultural, scientific, and at the same time educational community are recruited into the political space.
About the Author
E. N. Antonov
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (North-Western Institute of Management RANEPA)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Applicant of the Department of Social Technologies
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Antonov E.N. Cultural and Educational Elite in the Field of Politics: Understanding, Structure, Analysis of the Russian Case. Administrative Consulting. 2023;(9):135-143. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2023-9-135-143
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