Elites and Classes in the Transformation of State Socialism

Informationen zum Autor David Lane Klappentext David Lane examines a few of the theoretical approaches that help explain the trajectory of change from socialism to capitalism. He focuses on two main approaches in this volume - elite theories and social class. Zusammenfassung The year 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Elite and Class Perspectives on Social Change and Transformation; 1: Introduction: The Elite and Class Paradigms; 2: Theoretical Approaches to Transformation and Social Change; 3: Elite and Class Paradigms of Transformation; 2: The Transformative Role of Political Elites; 4: The Changing Social Bases of Political Support; 5: Transforming Elites under Gorbachev and Eltsin: A “Reputational” Analysis; 6: Who “Made” the Gorbachev Elite’s Decisions?; 7: Political Elites under Eltsin and Gorbachev; 8: Conclusions; 3: Outcomes of Transformation; 9: The Formation of Russian Capitalism; 10: Popular Support for, and Opposition to, Reform; 11: The Place of the Socialist and Post-Socialist States in the Capitalist World System

Product details

• Authors: David Lane, David S. Lane, David Stuart Lane
• Assisted by: David Lane (Editor), Lane David (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2011
• EAN: 9781412842310
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-4231-0
• No. of pages: 375
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet