Zaitsev, D.G. Influence of the institutional sphere on development of non-state political actors (example of comparison of analytical centers in the USA and in Russia).

Abstract: Analytical centers are influential political actors of the modern democratic political process, together with such institutions as the civil society and NGOs, the trade unions, etc. However the real status of such structures in Russia and in the West differs. This article is devoted to the influence of the political environment on the formation of the non-state political actors in politics, taking analytical centers as an example.