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European economic elites : between a new spirit of capitalism and the erosion of state socialism /
Hauptbeschreibung Since the beginning of the 1970s, democratic capitalist Western Europe as well as state-socialist Eastern Europe faced the double challenge of the third industrial revolution and the second globalization. The accelerated political, social, economic and cultural change did not lead...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Berlin :
Duncker & Humblot,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Schriften zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte ;
Bd. 84. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; In Lieu of an Introduction: Big Structures, Large Processes and Huge Comparisons
- A Frame of Interpretation; Friederike Sattler/Christoph Boyer: European Economic Elites between a New Spirit of Capitalism and the Erosion of State Socialism; I. European economic elites under current public criticism; II. The socio-economic transformations of late 20th century Europe; 1. The two macro-models of post-1945 European history; 2. The emerging crisis of the macro-models during the 1970s; a) The "West"; b) The "East"; c) Comparative perspective.
- III. Economic elites and socio-economic transformation in the late 20th century1. Elite concepts; 2. European economic elites: some "long lines" of development; 3. Economic elites in the context of the two early post-war macro-models; a) The Western macro-model; b) The Eastern macro-model; c) The comparative perspective; 4. Economic elites between a new spirit of capitalism and the erosion of state socialism; a) Economic elites and the crisis of the Western macro-model; b) Economic elites and the crisis of the Eastern macro-model; c) The comparative perspective.
- 5. Transnational business elites?Economic Elites in the Twentieth Century: Overviews from Western and Eastern Perspectives; Dieter Ziegler: Business Elites in the Twentieth Century
- Germany and its Western Neighbours; I. The overall picture: high rates of self-recruitment in the European business elite; II. The main causes of self-recruitment within different Western European countries; 1. Britain; 2. France; 3. Spain; III. The German business elite in the 20th century; 1. High stability, but long-term changes in social composition; 2. Changing educational profile.
- 3. Patterns of socialization within the bourgeoisie and the educated classesIV. Conclusion: New tendencies during the second half of the 20th century?; Ágnes Pogány: Hungarian Economic Elites in the Twentieth Century; I. Introduction; II. The Hungarian business elite between the two world wars; 1. Composition and recruitment; 2. Education and competence; 3. Puritanism and luxury consumption; 4. Business elite and economic anti-Semitism; III. The Hungarian economic elite after the Second World War; 1. The worker-director; a) Recruitment composition and education; 2. Cadre-managers.
- A) Recruitmentb) Education; 3. Red barons; 4. The "New Entrepreneurs"; IV. Conclusion; Formations and Profiles in Western Europe: Between Cohesion and Fragmentation; Hervé Joly: Die bemerkenswerte Persistenz der staatlichen grands corps bei der Rekrutierung der Wirtschaftseliten in Frankreich; I. Die Tradition der grands corps; II. Die allgemeine Entwicklung der pantouflage im 20. Jahrhundert; 1. Die Positionen vor den Verstaatlichungen; 2. Die Diversifizierung der grands corps außerhalb der traditionellen Branchen; 3. Die Vorteile der Verstaatlichungen für die grands corps.