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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)

Marx or Mosca? An inquiry into the foundations of ideocratic regimes

Urheber*in: Best, Heinrich

Attribution 4.0 International

Alternative title
Marx oder Mosca? Eine empirische Untersuchung der Fundamente ideokratischer Regime
ISSN
0172-6404
Extent
Seite(n): 73-89
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Bibliographic citation
Historical Social Research, 37(1)

Subject
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
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Best, Heinrich
Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Deutschland
(when)
2012

DOI
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-373561
Rights
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  • Zeitschriftenartikel

Associated

  • Best, Heinrich

Time of origin

  • 2012

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