The Technical Intelligentsia and the East German Elite Legitimacy and Social Change in Mature Communism.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baylis, Thomas A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Elite (Social sciences) > Germany (East)
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Allemagne (Est)
Elite (Social sciences)
Politics and government
Germany (East) > Politics and government.
Allemagne (Est) > Politique et gouvernement.
Germany (East)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION: OF TECHNOCRATS AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
  • PART I. The Technical Intelligentsia as a New Social Stratum
  • 1. IMPROVISATION AND STRATUM BUILDING
  • 2. EDUCATING THE NEW INTELLIGENTSIA
  • 3. STRATUM IDENTITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS
  • 4. INTELLIGENTSIA AND PARTY IN THE WORKPLACE
  • 5. PRINCIPLES AND MEANS OF POLITICALIZATION
  • 6. POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
  • PART II. The Technical Intelligentsia as a Strategic Elite
  • 7. RECRUITMENT INTO THE ELITE
  • 8. REPRESENTATION IN THE PARTY LEADERSHIP
  • 9. TECHNICIANS AND POLICY I: THE CONFLICT OF PRIORITIES
  • 10. TECHNICIANS AND POLICY II: THE AMBIGUITIES OF ECONOMIC REFORM
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX 1
  • APPENDIX 2
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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