Includes index.
Elite and class perspectives on social change and transformation
Introduction : the elite and class paradigms
Theoretical approaches to transformation and social change
Class and elite paradigms of transformation from state socialism
The transformation of the USSR
Preconditions of reform : the modernisation of the Soviet Union
Transforming elites under Gorbachev and Eltsin
Who 'made' the Gorbachev elite's decisions?
The Eltsin political elite
Conclusions : the transformative role of the political elites
Class outcomes
The formation of Russian capitalism
The place of the socialist and post-socialist states in the capitalist world system
Popular support for, and opposition to, reform.
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Elites and classes in the transformation of state socialism by David Lane. ISBN 9781412842310. Published by Transaction Publishers in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
