Small Leap Forward: Emergence of Economic Elites
Theory and Society, Vol. 24, No. 5, 1995
32 Pages Posted: 11 Oct 2006
Abstract
This article provides a glimpse into the formation of the post-state-socialist business elites in Hungary, Poland and Russia. We raise four interrelated questions. 1) What is the extent of the change on the top of business hierarchy? 2) What social groups predominate in the new business elite? 3) What individual characteristics are overrepresented in the new elite? 4) What type of individuals are losing and gaining ground among the elite because of the transformation?
Keywords: economic elite, business elite, post-state-socialist transformation, regime change, eastern Europe, Hungary, Poland, Russia
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