Prospects of Application of Socio-Anthropological Approach to the Study of the Trajectory of Institutional Change in Contemporary Russia

Abstract

Article is devoted to the methodological foundations for the analysis oftransformation processes of government institutions in Russia. Relying on the institutional setting, the author proposes a socio- anthropological approach as a tool to explain the interaction of the political elite as a key actor of institutional transformation and the main political institutions of the modern Russian state. The proposed approach opens up broad prospects , allowing to take into account a number of factors such transformation, as the characteristics of the political elite , the situation mismatch of formal institutions and informal practices of the elite , as well as the resources necessary for the implementation of informal institutionalization as a special social action.

Keywords

• политическая элита
• институциональная трансформация
• политические ресурсы
• неформальные практики
• социально-антропологический подход
• political elites
• institutions
• transformation
• political resources
• informal practices
• socio-anthropological approach