Marx or Mosca? An inquiry into the foundations of ideocratic regimes
Abstract: "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)
- Weitere Titel
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Marx oder Mosca? Eine empirische Untersuchung der Fundamente ideokratischer Regime
- Standort
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- Umfang
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Online-Ressource
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Marx or Mosca? An inquiry into the foundations of ideocratic regimes ; volume:37 ; number:1 ; year:2012 ; pages:73-89
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Historical social research ; 37, Heft 1 (2012), 73-89
- Klassifikation
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Politik
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Geschichte
- Urheber
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Best, Heinrich
- DOI
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10.12759/hsr.37.2012.1.73-89
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-373561
- Rechteinformation
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Best, Heinrich