Circulation or reproduction pf elites during the postcommunist transformation of Eastern Europe

Szelényi, Iván; Szelényi, Szonja

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“…One could also argue in the opposite direction that individuals are likely to attribute poverty to the state in post-socialist societies because the state does so little to address social hardships. However, the reluctance of the elites, political leaders and opinion makers to support the new poor by equally sharing the costs of the transition has been extensively demonstrated (see Atal, 1999;Fodor, Wnuk-Lipinski, & Yershova, 1995;Szelényi & Szelényi, 1995). It is also worth noting that the values underpinning policies that address poverty such as equality or solidarity have become more de-legitimated in post-socialist countries than they are in the developed democracies of Western Europe (Ferge, 1997).…”

Section: Socialist Legacy and Economic Developmentmentioning

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Intergenerational Social Mobility and Popular Explanations of Poverty: A Comparative Perspective

Gugushvili

2016

Soc Just Res

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This article explores the consequences of intergenerational social mobility on perceptions of popular explanations of poverty. It is hypothesised that those who experience improvements in socio-economic status through social mobility are more likely to blame poverty on individual characteristics such as laziness and lack of willpower and are less likely to attribute failure to injustice in society, and on the macro-level, the effect of social mobility on perceptions of popular explanations of poverty is moderated by contextual environment. The described hypotheses are tested by using multinomial and multilevel logistic regressions and two complementary datasets-European Values Studies and the Life in Transition Survey. The derived findings suggest that social mobility is indeed associated with perceptions of individual blame and social blame of why some people are in need. However, these effects are manifested primarily among subjectively mobile individuals and are also conditioned by the legacy of socialism and the level of economic development of countries where individuals reside.

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Section: Socialist Legacy and Economic Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intergenerational Social Mobility and Popular Explanations of Poverty: A Comparative Perspective

Gugushvili

2016

Soc Just Res

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“…Ei atrag atenţia asupra faptului că această reţelizare nu trebuie interpretată în termenii simplişti de corupţie, ci trebuie văzută un mod particular de a face afaceri corespunzător unui anumit context. Argumentul meu (Pop, 2009) asupra modului de formare a acestor reţele de oameni de afaceri, pleacă de la aceleaşi premise date de contextul protecţionismului naţionalist, dar am adaptat conceptul de îmburghezire, folosit de Szelényi (1995) pentru cazul Ungariei. Ceea ce propun eu este o redefinire a conceptului de îmburghezire.…”

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Architectural Firms in Transylvania. Objective Positions and Field Positioning

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2011

International Review of Social Research

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I will discuss in this article the dynamics of business groups, using the case of architects from three Transylvanian cities (Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara and Brasov with emphasis on Cluj-Napoca). The architecture companies successfully represent the current trends of company organization in dynamic contexts, generated by the market changes, where services become the most important products of large cities. Using a sample of 375 architectural companies from these cities that employ 616 persons, I outline a field model inspired by Bourdieu's work. My argument is that the large number of actors in the architectural networks from Cluj-Napoca is explained by the different forms of educational, economic, social and politic capital mobilized to create competitive companies and to survive within an instable post-socialist economic environment. Moreover, the internal structure of network organization from Cluj-Napoca is based on the usage of different types of available capital.

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“…There are two competing answers to questions about changes in the composition of the Communist elite: the 'Elite Circulation Thesis' and the 'Elite Reproduction Thesis' (Szelényi and Szelényi 1995). The elite circulation argument claims that the political elite lost their command position and have been replaced by new people, which should lead to diminishing income advantages for CP members.…”

Section: Income Advantages Of Cp Membersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Income advantages of communist party members before and During the transformation process

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Circulation or reproduction pf elites during the postcommunist transformation of Eastern Europe

Cited by 182 publications

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Intergenerational Social Mobility and Popular Explanations of Poverty: A Comparative Perspective

Intergenerational Social Mobility and Popular Explanations of Poverty: A Comparative Perspective

Architectural Firms in Transylvania. Objective Positions and Field Positioning

Income advantages of communist party members before and During the transformation process

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