Table of Contents:
  • Elites, crises and regimes in comparative analysis / Mattei Dogan and John Higley
  • Historical and theoretical considerations / Alan Knight
  • Political crises and elite settlements / Michael Burton and John Higley
  • Mexico and Latin America in comparative perspective / Alan Knight
  • Soviet Union: revolution and transformation / Jack A. Goldstone
  • Russia: elite continuity and change / Stephen White and Olga Kryshtanovskaya
  • Hungary, Poland, and Russia: the fate of nomenklatura elites / Jacek Wasilewski
  • Germany: twentieth century-turning points / Ursula Hoffmann-Lange
  • Japan: the elite legacies of Meiji and World War II / Hiromitsu Kataoka
  • South Africa: from apartheid to democracy / Hennie J. Kotze.