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If history is a large graveyard of political elites (Pareto 1935), the regime changes in what used to be the communist empire produced many new corpses. With the ouster of numerous top party-leaders a window of opportunity opened for groups and individuals that, duting communism, had systematically been exduded from the political elite. The regime changes were so spectacular and fundamental because they reversed the whole logic of elite selection.
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Edinger, M. (2010). Political Elites in the ‘Great Transformation’: Changes and Challenges. In: Soeffner, HG. (eds) Unsichere Zeiten. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92035-1_30
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