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.

Contributions by: Attila Bartha, Jozsef Borocz, John A. Gould, Dobrinka Kostova, David Lane, Mladen Lazic, Gyorgy Lengyel, Bogdan Mach