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Political and functional elites in post-socialist transformation: Central and East Europe since 1989/90 ; an introduction
Politische und funktionale Eliten in postsozialistischer Transformation: Mittel- und Osteuropa seit 1989/90 ; eine Einführung
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Abstract "After the breakdown of Communist regimes in the East at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s unparalleled societal transitory processes have evolved and reshaped the political world map. Political and functional elites have played a decisive role in the multi-layered process of socie... view more
"After the breakdown of Communist regimes in the East at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s unparalleled societal transitory processes have evolved and reshaped the political world map. Political and functional elites have played a decisive role in the multi-layered process of societal transformation. Today's Central and East European societies face new challenges that only partly emerged from the socialist legacy. How have representative and functional elites in East and Central Europe affected and been affected by this transformation? Have they found and embraced strategies of change or have they sought ways of persistence? The emergence, the success or failure, and the survival or replacement of elites is closely bound to these questions. Accordingly, the international research into elite continuity and elite discontinuity addresses issues of recruitment, careers, and analyses the respective socio-political frameworks." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
East Central Europe; Eastern Europe; transformation; political elite; historical development; post-socialist country; elite; elite research; social change; political sociology; market economy; Ukraine; Romania; Slovenia; Russia; Hungary; New Federal States; comparative political science; Europe; USSR successor state; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
General History
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
historical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 7-13
Journal
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 2
Issue topic
Politische und funktionale Eliten in postsozialistischer Transformation: Mittel- und Osteuropa seit 1989/90 / Political and functional elites in Post-Socialist transformation: Central and East Europe since 1989/90
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.2.7-13
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed