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Small Leap Forward: Emergence of Economic Elites

Jozsef Borocz
Rutgers University

Akos Rona-Tas
University of California, San Diego

Theory and Society, Vol. 24, No. 5, 1995

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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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Date posted: October 11, 2006 ; Last revised: May 28, 2009

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Borocz, Jozsef and Rona-Tas, Akos, Small Leap Forward: Emergence of Economic Elites. Theory and Society, Vol. 24, No. 5, 1995. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=936265

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Jozsef Borocz (Contact Author) Rutgers University ( email ) Dept of Sociology 54 Joyce Kilmer Ave Piscataway, NJ 08940 United States
Akos Rona-Tas University of California, San Diego ( email ) 9500 Gilman Drive Mail Code 0502 La Jolla, CA 92093-0112 United States

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Date posted: October 11, 2006 ; Last revised: May 28, 2009

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Jozsef Borocz (Contact Author)

Akos Rona-Tas