Elites after state socialism
Subtitle: theories and analysis
By: edited by John Higley and György Lengyel
Contributors: Higley, John; Lengyel, György
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Elite (Social sciences) -- Europe, Eastern; Elite (Social sciences) -- Russia; Post-communism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: elite configurations after state socialism / John Higley and György Lengyel; title: Czech Republic: new elites and social change / Pavel Machonin and Milan Tucek; title: Slovakia: elite disunity and convergence / John A. Gould and Soña Szomolányi; title: Hungary: elites and the use and abuse of democratic institutions / Rudolf L. Tökés; title: Poland: the political elite's transformational correctness / Bogdan Mach and Wlodzimierz Wesolowski; title: East Germany: elite change and democracy's "instant success" / Christian Welzel; title: Serbia: the adaptive reconstruction of elites / Mladen Lazić; title: Croatia: managerial elite circulation or reproduction? / Dusko Sekulic and Zeljka Sporer; title: Hungary: bankers and managers after state socialism / György Lengyel and Attila Bartha; title: Russia: the oil elite's evolution, divisions, and outlooks / David Lane; title: Bulgaria: economic elite change during the 1990s / Dobrinka Kostova; title: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland: presocialist and socialist legacies among business elites / Ákos Róna-Tas and József Böröcz; title: Epilogue: elite theory versus Marxism: the twentieth century's verdict / John Higley and Jan Pakulski