Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel
Marx or Mosca? An inquiry into the foundations of ideocratic regimes
"In John Higley's and Michael Burton's taxonomy of elite settings, 'ideocratic elites' are represented by regimes of the Soviet type. These regimes based their rule on an egalitarian ideology that legitimized inequalities as temporary abnormalities. According to Marx the abolition of private ownership of the means of production would ultimately lead to a classless society. Gaetano Mosca questioned this claim and argued that families would maintain and even strengthen their function in producing and reproducing a 'ruling class' (tantamount to the elite concept) in communist regimes. The present contribution examines these claims on the basis of GDR's Central Cadres Database. Comprehensive empirical evidence is provided supporting Mosca' s claim of a persistent impact of families in the formation and reproduction of communist elites." (author's abstract)
- Alternative title
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Marx oder Mosca? Eine empirische Untersuchung der Fundamente ideokratischer Regime
- ISSN
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0172-6404
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Seite(n): 73-89
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Bibliographic citation
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Historical Social Research, 37(1)
- Subject
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Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Politikwissenschaft
Geschichte
allgemeine Geschichte
Generelle Theorien der Sozialwissenschaften
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Theorie
soziologische Theorie
historische Entwicklung
SED
Elite
Marx, K.
Privateigentum
NSDAP
Eliteforschung
Klassengesellschaft
Gesellschaftstheorie
Kader
politisches Regime
DDR-Forschung
Sozialwissenschaft
Nachkriegsgesellschaft
Theoriebildung
Datenbank
Kommunismus
Reproduktion
soziale Ungleichheit
empirisch
empirisch-quantitativ
Grundlagenforschung
historisch
Theoriebildung
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Best, Heinrich
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutschland
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2012
- DOI
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-373561
- Rights
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Last update
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21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
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Object type
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Associated
- Best, Heinrich
Time of origin
- 2012