Zhanna M. Grishchenko Candidate of Philosophy, Associate Professor Department of Sociology Kalvaryiskaia str. 9, room 437 Minsk Republic of Belarus 220004 Tel.: (+375-17) 259-70-41; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Biography Publications

Major works:

1. Democracy and Local Governance. Nine Empirical Studies / Bern University, Switzerland, 1999;
2. Local Elites, Political Capital and Democratic Development: Governing Leaders in Seven European Countries /Gurteburg University, Sweden, 2005;
3. The Local Political Elite in the Democratic Transformation of Belarus /Annals, AAPSS,540, july, New-York, 1995;
4. The Ontology of Success and Defeat // Sociological researches, 1998 № 9
5. Sociology of Life or Life in Sociology. Minsk, 2007
6. Sociology of Public Opinion. // Sociology, 2009, № 2