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POLITICAL ELITES IN THE BALKANS, NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY: ROUTES TO CAREER
Political Elites in the Balkans, Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century: Routes to Career

Author(s): Dobrinka Parusheva
Subject(s): History
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Modern Balkan political elites; social history of Balkan politics; recruitment of elites in the 19th century Balkans

Summary/Abstract: The author analyses the biographical and statistical data available on the social origin, educational and professional background of the people she considers belonging to the governmental and parliamentary elite in the Balkan states in the 19th and early 20th century. She claims, two typological models of political elite’s routes to career can be outlined: gradual (or standard) one and the one of the “flying start”.

  • Issue Year: 2001
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 69-79
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English
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