Interest Representation and Social Policy Making: Russian Veterans’ Organisations as Brokers between the State and Society

Anna Tarasenko; Meri Kulmala

doi:10.1080/09668136.2015.1124842

Interest Representation and Social Policy Making: Russian Veterans’ Organisations as Brokers between the State and Society

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The essay investigates how Russian veterans’ organisations represent the concerns of their constituency visà-vis the Russian state. An interest group approach is applied to investigate the ‘brokering’ function exercised by veterans’ organisations to lobby on behalf of their constituency. The analysis is based on the study of
selected veterans’ organisations in Karelia and St Petersburg. The research finds that veterans’ organisations operate in a restricted environment, though our analysis shows that their agency has mattered, largely due to their political connections. The investigation reveals those mechanisms through which Russian veterans’ organisations act as brokers.

Original language	English
Journal	Europe - Asia Studies
Volume	68
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	138-163
Number of pages	26
ISSN	0966-8136
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2015.1124842
Publication status	Published - Feb 2016
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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517 Political science

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Finnish Centre of Excellence in Russian Studies – Choices of Russian Modernisation
Kivinen, M. (Project manager), Autio-Sarasmo, S. (Other), Aalto, P. K. (Principal Investigator), Forsberg, T. (Principal Investigator), Gel'man, V. (Principal Investigator), Aitamurto, K. (Participant), Ekonen, K. (Participant), Fava, V. (Participant), Granberg, L. (Participant), Hast, S. (Participant), Heusala, A.-L. (Participant), Huttunen, T. (Participant), Kahla, E. (Participant), Kangaspuro, M. (Participant), Kansikas, S. (Participant), Karhunen, P. (Participant), Khmelnitskaya, M. (Participant), Kulmala, M. (Participant), Lassila, J. (Participant), Lehtisaari, K. (Participant), Lonkila, M. (Participant), Lowry, A. (Participant), Miklóssy, K. (Participant), Mustajoki, A. S. (Participant), Nikula, J. (Participant), Oittinen, V. (Participant), Palonkorpi, M. (Participant), Pietiläinen, J. (Participant), Saarinen, A. (Participant), Smith, H. (Participant), Turoma, S. (Participant) & Tynkkynen, V.-P. (Participant)
01/01/2012 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project

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Interest Representation and Social Policy Making: Russian Veterans’ Organisations as Brokers between the State and Society

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