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Title

The new elite in post-communist Eastern Europe / Vladimir Shlapentokh, Christopher Vanderpool, and Boris Doktorov, editors.

Publication

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors

• Shlapentokh, Vladimir.
• Vanderpool, Christopher K.
• Doktorov, B. Z. (Boris Zusmanovich)
• International Conference "The New Elite in the Post-Communist World" (1994 : Michigan State University)

Description

xix, 402 p.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Eastern European studies ; no. 10

Uniform Title

Eastern European studies (College Station, Tex.) ; no. 10.

Subject

• Former Soviet republics > Politics and government > Congresses

Note

• "This book grew out of an international conference "The New Elite in the Post-Communist World," held at Michigan State University on November 2-4, 1994"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references ([367]-392) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Post-Communist elites : an overview. From Nomenklatura to new elite / Olga Krishtanovskaia and Stephen White -- The emergence of a new elite : harbinger of the future or vestige of the past? / Boris Grushin -- The elite and the masses in public opinion / Yurii Levada -- Crime and the formation of a new elite / Victor Luneev -- Elite corruption in modern China : explanations and a comparison with contemporary Russia / Tony Carnes -- pt. 2. Elites in post-Soviet republics. Typology of the modern Byelorussian elite / Vladimir Snapkovskii -- The emergence of the Lithuanian political elite / Vladas Gaidys -- The ruling elite of Kazakhstan in the transition period / Rustem Kadyrzhanov -- The new elite in post-Communist Uzbekistan / William Kandinov -- The Ukrainian political elite : its features and evolution / Nikolai Churilov -- The political elite of the Republic of Moldova / Vladimir Solonar -- pt. 3. The regional elite in Russia. Elite transformation in the Saratov region / Petra Stykow -- The ruling elite of Tatarstan : contemporary challenges and problems of adjustment / Midkhat Farukshin -- Social structure and political tenets of the new branch of the Russian regional elite / Mikhail Loiberg -- The dominant elites of Siberia : the Altay region / Vladimir Shubkin -- pt. 4. Types of the elite. The orientations of some elite groups in times of reform / Elena Avraamova -- Formation of the business elite in Russia / Ivan Kukolev -- The new agricultural elite in post-Communist Russia : the Saratov district -- The academic elite in the post-Totalitarian period / Alexander Boronin -- Political power and science / Vladimir Zakharov -- Women in the new Russian elite / Tatiana Marchenko -- The future belongs to me : Russian students and their religious views / Samuel Kliger -- Epilogue. Post-Communist elites : who will guard the guardians?

Call Number

JFE 00-6788

ISBN

0890968950

LCCN

99021472

OCLC

40891081

Title

The new elite in post-communist Eastern Europe / Vladimir Shlapentokh, Christopher Vanderpool, and Boris Doktorov, editors.

Imprint

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1999.

Edition

1st ed.

Series

Eastern European studies ; no. 10

Eastern European studies (College Station, Tex.) ; no. 10.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references ([367]-392) and index.

Added Author

Shlapentokh, Vladimir.

Vanderpool, Christopher K.

Doktorov, B. Z. (Boris Zusmanovich)

International Conference "The New Elite in the Post-Communist World" (1994 : Michigan State University)

Research Call Number

JFE 00-6788