Modernization and Political Elites in the Balkans before the First World War
Modernization and Political Elites in the Balkans before the First World War
Author(s): Diana MishkovaSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Nationalism Studies, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Sociology of Politics
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Balkans; modernization; political elites; political organization; social change; social intelligentsia; nationalism;
Summary/Abstract: I perceive, and approach, the topic of modernization and political elites in the Balkans as one pertaining to the big issue of politics and underdevelopment, that is, of the nature, operation, and functions (particularly those related to social and economic transformations) of the political sphere in backward societies. As used here, (political) modernization should not be conceptually associated with modernization theory or, since modernization theory is more properly understood as shorthand for a variety of perspectives, with the neo-evolutionist perspective commonly equated with it. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 09/1995
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 63-89
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English
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