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Bourdieu and postcommunist class formation

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posted on 2023-06-07, 22:48 authored by William Outhwaite
This article suggests that Bourdieu's model of class, framed in terms of cultural capital and habitus, is particularly valuable in understanding the restoration of capitalism under postcommunist conditions. Following the analyses of Szelényi and his collaborators, it is suggested that post-communist managerialism is still strikingly more pronounced than in the West. This and the notion of habitus in particular are perhaps the main elements of Bourdieu's thinking on which we can draw in theorizing postcommunist transition.

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  • Published

Journal

Sociological Research Online

ISSN

1360-7804

Issue

6

Volume

12

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  • Sociology and Criminology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-02-11

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