The new elite in post-communist Eastern Europe / Vladimir Shlapentokh, Christopher Vanderpool and Boris Doktorvo.

"This book grew out of an international conference "The New Elite in thePost-Communist World," held at Michigan State University on November 2-4, 1994"--Pref.

Pt. 1. Post-Communist elites : an overview. From Nomenklatura to new elite / Olga Krishtanovskaia and Stephen White -- The emergence of a new elite : harbinger of the future or vestige of the past? / Boris Grushin -- The elite and the masses in public opinion / Yurii Levada -- Crime and the formation of a new elite / Victor Luneev -- Elite corruption in modern China : explanations and a comparison with contemporary Russia / Tony Carnes -- part 2. Elites in post-Soviet republics. Typology of the modern Byelorussian elite / Vladimir Snapkovskii -- The emergence of the Lithuanian political elite / Vladas Gaidys -- The ruling elite of Kazakhstan in the transition period / Rustem Kadyrzhanov -- The new elite in post-Communist Uzbekistan / William Kandinov -- The Ukrainian political elite: its features and evolution / Nikolai Churilov -- The political elite of the Republic of Moldova / Vladimir Solonar -- part 3. The regional elite in Russia. Elite transformation in the Saratov region / Petra Stykow -- The ruling el