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9780847698974

Elites after State Socialism Theories and Analysis

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  • ISBN13:

    9780847698974

  • ISBN10:

    0847698971

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-15
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

This distinctive book presents valuable new research on the political and economic elites that have emerged in Central and Eastern Europe since the demise of state socialism. Integrating theoretically informed analysis with fresh empirical data, the contributors significantly enhance our understanding of the evolution and interplay of elites in the post-communist period.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Introduction: Elite Configuration after state Socialism
1(24)
John Higley
Gyurgy Lengyel
Part One: Political Elite Change
Czech Republic: New Elites and Social Change
25(22)
Pavel Machonin
Milan Tucek
Slovakia: Elite Disunity and Convergence
47(24)
John A. Gould
Sona Szomolanyi
Hungary: Elites and the Use and Abuse of Democratic Institutions
71(16)
Rudolf L. Tokes
Poland: The Political Elite's Transformational Correctness
87(16)
Bogdan Mach
Wlodzimierz Wesolowski
East Germany: Elite Change and Democracy's ``Instant Success''
103(20)
Christian Welzel
Serbia: The Adaptive Reconstruction of Elites
123(20)
Mladen Lazic
Part Two: Economic Elite Change
Croatia: Managerial Elite Circulation or Reproduction?
143(20)
Dusko Sekulic
Zeljka Sporer
Hungary: Bankers and Managers after State Socialism
163(16)
Gyorgy Lengyel
Attila Bartha
Russia: The Oil Elite's Evolution, Divisions, and Outlooks
179(20)
David Lane
Bulgaria: Economic Elite Change during the 1990s
199(10)
Dobrinka Kostova
Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland: Presocialist and Socialist Legacies among Business Elites
209(20)
Akos Rona-Tas
Jozsef Borocz
Epilogue: Elite Theory Versus Marxism: The Twentieth Century's Verdict 229(14)
John Higley
Jan Pakulski
Index 243(8)
About the Editors and Contributors 251

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