Communist Elites and Industrial Society
Author | : Thomas Arthur Baylis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 840 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Elite (Social sciences) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Thomas Arthur Baylis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 840 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Elite (Social sciences) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kevin P. Lane |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2019-06-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000312038 |
Before beginning the study of the social system I have chosen to call 'state socialism', it is necessary to define the term and to describe the societies to which it is held to apply. A society may be defined as a behavioural system having three components : a distinct set of central or dominant value and beliefs, a number of social institutions, and patterns of interactions between individuals and institutions. What, then, are the distinguishing features of state socialism? The dominant values are those ofMarxism-Leninism,andthepeculiar institutions of the system stem from the state-owned means of production which determine man's relationship to property. The values laid down in the charter of the society are those of socialism : that is, a system of beliefs focused on the ultimate perfectibility of man, on the determining influence of class forces operating through the laws of historical and dialectical materialism. In state-socialist societies, the dominant institution is the Communist Party, which is considered to lead the working class and provides an authoritative interpretation of the laws of historical development, which in turn legitimate the Party's own political power. The appellation state focuses on the central role played by government and Party institutions in the process of these societies : not only do ownership and control of the means of production legally reside with the state, but it has the authority to mobilise the population to achieve the goals defined in the 'official charter'. In the patterns of interactions between institutions, the state (government and ruling party) plays a dominant role. Let us now turn from analytical concepts to consider some historical generalisations.
Author | : David Lane |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2023-06-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1000881989 |
The Socialist Industrial State (1976) examines the state-socialist system, taking as the central example the Soviet Union – where the goals and values of Marxism-Leninism and the particular institutions, the form of economy and polity, were first adopted and developed. It then considers the historical developments, differences in culture, the level of economic development and the political processes of different state-socialist countries around the globe.
Author | : David Stuart Lane |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Monograph on the political theory and social theory of communism, with particular reference to the USSR - covers the political ideology of Marxism-leninism and non marxist theories relating to industrial society, discusses the political system, political leadership and elites, social conflict, political opposition and inequalities in the social status of industrial workers, etc., and includes comparisons with other socialist countries. Bibliography pp. 212 to 221.
Author | : David Lane |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2017-09-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1351297309 |
The year 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union. This may be an appropriate time to evaluate the adoption by previously state socialist societies of other economic and political models. The transition has sometimes been described in positive terms, as a movement to free societies with open markets and democratic elections. Others have argued that the transition has created weak, poverty-stricken states with undeveloped civil societies ruled by unresponsive political elites. Which is the more accurate assessment?David Lane examines a few of the theoretical approaches that help explain the trajectory of change from socialism to capitalism. He focuses on two main approaches in this volume - elite theories and social class. Theories dwelling on the role of elites regard the transformation from socialism to capitalism as a type of system transfer in which elites craft democratic and market institutions into the space left by state socialism. Lane contrasts this interpretation with class-based theories, which consider transformation in terms of revolution, and explain why such theories have not been considered the best way of framing the transition in the post-socialist states.While recognizing that elites can play important roles and have the capacity to transform societies, Lane contends that elite theories alone are inadequate to explain a system change that brings free markets. In contrast, he proposes a class approach in which two groups characterize state socialism: an administrative class and an acquisition class.
Author | : John Higley |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780847698974 |
This distinctive book presents valuable new research on the political and economic elites that have emerged in Central and Eastern Europe since the demise of state socialism. Integrating theoretically informed analysis with fresh empirical data, the contributors significantly enhance our understanding of the evolution and interplay of elites in the post-communist period. Leading experts explore the elite circulations, differentiations, and competitions that now underpin-- but in some countries also still inhibit--democratic stability and economic growth. A provocative concluding chapter assesses the century-long confrontation between elite theory and Marxism and where they stand today, after state socialismOs collapse.
Author | : Tom Bottomore |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2006-09-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134890362 |
In this substantially revised and enlarged second edition of a classic text that has been used throughout the world in numerous translations, Tom Bottomore reconsiders élite theory in the light of more recent studies. He examines the role and significance of élites in relation to classes and class structure in both advanced industrial and developing countries, and expounds the criticism of élites and élitism that have been formulated by democratic and socialist thinkers and movements. In a new concluding chapter, Professor Bottomore considers the prospect, as humanity approaches the millenium, for a renewed advance towards more egalitarian forms of society, in which all citizens would be able to participate more fully and effectively in the shaping of their social world. Tom Bottomore taught at the London School of Economics 1952-64, was Head of the Department of Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver 1965-67, and Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex 1968-85 where he is now Professor Emeritus. He is the author of numerous books, most recently: Theories of Modern Capitalism, Allen and Unwin (1985); Classes in Modern Society, Routledge (2nd edition, 1991) and Between Marginalism and Marxism: The Economic Sociology of J A Schumpter, Harvester Wheatsheaf (1992).
Author | : Ronald Inglehart |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780691022963 |
Economic, technological, and sociopolitical changes have been transforming the cultures of advanced industrial societies in profoundly important ways during the past few decades. This ambitious work examines changes in religious beliefs, in motives for work, in the issues that give rise to political conflict, in the importance people attach to having children and families, and in attitudes toward divorce, abortion, and homosexuality. Ronald Inglehart's earlier book, The Silent Revolution (Princeton, 1977), broke new ground by discovering a major intergenerational shift in the values of the populations of advanced industrial societies. This new volume demonstrates that this value shift is part of a much broader process of cultural change that is gradually transforming political, economic, and social life in these societies. Inglehart uses a massive body of time-series survey data from twenty-six nations, gathered from 1970 through 1988, to analyze the cultural changes that are occurring as younger generations gradually replace older ones in the adult population. These changes have far-reaching political implications, and they seem to be transforming the economic growth rates of societies and the kind of economic development that is pursued.
Author | : American Council of Learned Societies. Planning Group on Comparative Communist Studies |
Publisher | : Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |