Making Capitalism Without Capitalists
The New Ruling Elites in Eastern Europe
Ivan Szelenyi author Eleanor R Townsley author Gil Eyal author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Verso Books
Published:17th Mar '01
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Explores class formation and elite struggles in post-communist Central Europe
Making Capitalism without Capitalists offers a new theory of the transition to capitalism. By telling the story of how capitalism is being built without capitalists in post-communist Central Europe it guides us towards a deeper understanding of the origins of modern capitalism.
This is a pioneering study by three American sociologists of the transition from state socialism to capitalism in Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. * Tribune *
Identifies the distinctive features of capitalism as constructed by former Communist Party technocrats and dissident intellectuals on the ruins of a socialist system. * Journal of Higher Education *
ISBN: 9781859843123
Dimensions: 236mm x 157mm x 21mm
Weight: 548g
288 pages