Directors corps of Siberias industrial regions during economic and political reforms (late 1980s - early 1990s)

The article deals with themanagerial role in the conditions of economical and political reforms. In the article there are different evaluations of consequences oflaws that concern extension of economic independence of enterprises directors. The article also gives the analysis of technocratic eliteactivity concerning collapse of party-state institutions that caused closing down party committees in enterprises under the motto of departisation.The author reveals the mechanism of state enterprises status changes. Participation of managerial sector representatives inpolitics is considered in the article; difficulties of political struggle on the regional level are also mentioned. The activity of managerialsector representatives in the sphere of economics is also analysed. The result of this activity gives evidence that managerial sector representatives,not having any management and marketing skills, could not take advantages that they had and could not stand against theexpansion of Moscow financial capital. Having conceded this expansion they transformed into high-paid managers who experiencedrotation during ownership change. The article pays attention to the attempt of using administrative and political resources to realize financialprofit. However, most part of the managerial sector did not manage to take appropriate niche in the process of economic andpolitical reforms.

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