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The article Putin's elite and legacies of Soviet quasi-modernization in contemporary Russia highlight Putin and his clique’s attempt to extend oligarchy in Russia. The Partocracy is the general rule rather than the exception. The scenario depicts a situation whereby the president and the ruling elites control the party and the entire government systems so that the party loyalty and sycophancy are emphasized at the expense of merit. The Putin's Siloviki as the elite cartel is popularly referred is characterized by coercive structures where a combination of force and persuasions are the cornerstones of the administration. As such, the ...

A fundamental problem facing new democracies is the hijacking of the political process by elites. Economic performance is affected by elite politics leading to underdevelopment and sometimes morphing into political violence. The transition from colonial regimes to democracy has been subverted by the harm that was done by the colonial subversion of traditional institutions in favor of artificial Western ones. This provided an opening for the rise of elites and the rule of ‘the big men’ (Owusu, 1992). What role do elites play in transition to democracy or its opposite? This paper seeks to provide an analysis on how ...

Isadore Sharp, the affluent Canadian businessman, is the founder, chief executive and chairman of the Four Seasons hotel chain. He was a child of immigrants and had no know-how of the hotel business. Regardless of these facts, Sharp set up an envious business mostly considered by others as the trendiest and unbeaten luxury hotel chain in the world. Four Seasons, one of the world’s top hotel brand at present, was started by Sharp in Toronto back in 1960. At the moment, the brand includes more or less seventy-four properties worldwide (Higley 18). Since its inception, Sharp has worked devotedly ...