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The Political Clubs of United Russia: Incubators of Ideology or Internal Dissent?

Kunkler, Eileen M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275067395

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2010, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Slavic and East European Studies.
In 2008, three political clubs were officially formed within the United Russia party structure: the Social-Conservative Club, the Liberal-Conservative Club, and the State-Patriotic Club. Membership of these clubs includes many powerful Duma representatives. Officially, their function is to help develop strategies for implementing the government's Strategy 2020. However, a closer examination of these clubs suggests that they also may function as an ideology incubator for the larger party and as a safety valve for internal party dissent. To answer the question of what the true function of these clubs is, an attempt will be made to give: a brief overview of Unity's and Fatherland-All Russia's formation; a description of how United Russia formed; a summary of the ideological currents within United Russia from 2001-2009; a discussion of the three clubs; and a comparative analysis of these clubs to the Christian Democratic party of Italy and the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Based on this evidence, it will be argued that primary purpose of these clubs is to contain intra-party conflict.
Goldie Shabad (Advisor)
Trevor Brown (Committee Member)
110 p.
Political Science
United Russia; elite conflict; Russian politics

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  • Kunkler, E. M. (2010). The Political Clubs of United Russia: Incubators of Ideology or Internal Dissent? [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275067395

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kunkler, Eileen. The Political Clubs of United Russia: Incubators of Ideology or Internal Dissent? 2010. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275067395.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kunkler, Eileen. "The Political Clubs of United Russia: Incubators of Ideology or Internal Dissent?" Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275067395

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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