Elites after State Socialism
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- ISBN 9780847698974
- Weight: 399g
- Dimensions: 166 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 2000
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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. Leading experts explore the elite circulations, differentiations, and competitions that now underpin— but in some countries also still inhibit—democratic stability and economic growth. A provocative concluding chapter assesses the century-long confrontation between elite theory and Marxism and where they stand today, after state socialismOs collapse.
John Higley is professor of government and sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is co-chair of the Research Committee on Political Elites of the International Political Science Association.Gyorgy Lengyel is professor of sociology at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences.
