Tev D. B. (2023) Deputies of the United Russia and CPRF Fractions in the State Duma: A Comparative Analysis of Careers after Leaving Office. Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes. No. 4. P. 217–238. https: ...

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Abstract

The article analyses careers of the deputies of the United Russia and the Communist Party (CPRF) factions after  leaving  the  State  Duma.  Empirically, the study bases on the biographical database of the State Duma of the 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations. The study re­vealed significant interfactional differences in the deputies’ post-career trajectories. United Russia members are more likely to move to administrative bodies (usually to elite positions) and business (a noticeable minority is part of the national economic elite). Communists more often work in the apparatus of represent­ative bodies and in regional legislatures, election to which remains their main op­portunity to maintain power status and belonging to the elite after leaving the State Duma. In general, the post-career of Communist Party deputies has a more pronounced political accent than that of the legislators from United Russia. Fac­tional career differences might probably occur due to the ideology and place of the parties in the political system. In ad­dition, the features of the post-career of the deputies of both parties are largely related to their professional experience before entering the State Duma. Finally, the age of retirement from the State Duma partly explains the career differences between the factions. The work of deputies from United Russia in admin­istrative bodies and commercial organ­izations after leaving parliamentary po­sitions contributes to the convergence of  the  party's  policy  with  the  interests  of  these  structures.  The  relative  rarity  of such transitions among the deputies of the Communist Party, on the contrary, might indicate the autonomization of its policy from the corresponding interests.

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