A Comparative Study Of The Us-russian Interest Groups

Interest group is inevitable phenomenon when market economy develops at the certain stage. It is the indispensable analysis object in modern politics. It also is an important form for many associations and citizens to participate political in capitalist countries.United States and Russian national political have largely been affected by interest groups, but as two country-specific conditions are different, American and Russia's special interest group both has the common ground, and has the difference.It is same that interest groups are the product of the capitalist system and are appear in under the political democratic system reform advancement. Interest groups play important roles in both countries politics social life. This article focuses on the difference between interest group in the two courtiers. Key points like this: First of all, from the formation of interest groups, the U.S. interests formed earlier than Russia, the interest groups in United States has experienced the long process of development from the free capitalist monopoly capitalism. Either from a system constraint, and the impact of the political process means, or interest groups types are compared mature. Russia has a relatively short history of the development of interest groups. The history is less than 20 years since interest group breed since the Soviet time.Next, the U.S. interest group has continuously all received the general political scholar and ruling class's attention in the developing process, therefore very many corresponding theories instruction extremely rich, the legal surveillance system accompanied with special interest group's production is also normative. By contrast, the Russian has experienced the hasty transition and 1990-1992 "radical democratic reforms" legacy, making Russia the formation of interest groups from the beginning will not complete legalized road. The interest group accumulates a large number of capitals and weakens the political parties function. Russia interest group goes from the beginning to the oligarchy of no returnOnce more, the U.S. interest group is regarded as one of democratic ways through which balance is obtained among all kinds of benefits (Mainly pluralism scholar's view). It is protected and encouraged by national institution. It encourages the multiplication formation of interest group in the great degree and makes it restrict mutually. Interest of total society is obtained in the end.By the contrast, interest groups in Russia are not equal at the beginning. Financial industrial groups huge financial conglomerates promptly boarded the Russian political arena, and representatives of the public interest and the interests of the poor in society is hardly in the national political arena has been allocated or obtain "a cup of soup". The benefit assignment was out of balance causes the distribution of structural imbalances and political instability...