After the collapse of communism, political elites in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) implemented economic reforms that were largely inspired by the prevailing neoliberal paradigm. One of the consequences of these reforms was that the region's economies became very open to foreign direct...

In den Beiträgen namhafter Fachleute aus unterschiedlichen sozialwissenschaftlichen Teildisziplinen werden Schlüsselbereiche der wirtschaftlichen, gesellschaftlichen, politisch-administrativen und sozio-kulturellen Transformationen in den ehemals sozialistischen Ländern analysiert. Die...

The introduction to the Special Issue on economic elites in Central Eastern Europe establishes a common understanding of elite research and the development of capitalism in Central Eastern Europe as developed during the 1990s. Since then, the composition of elites has been lost sight of by...