Elites and Identities in Post-Soviet Space

David Lane is an Emeritus Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and was previously Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham. His recent work includes: Elites and Classes in the Transformation of State Socialism (2011); Rethinking the ‘Coloured' Revolutions (with Stephen White, 2010); The European Union and World Politics (with Andrew Gamble, 2009). Recent articles have been published in: The Political Quarterly (2008); Mir Rossii (2007); New Political Economy (2008); British Journal of Politics and International Relations (2009); European Societies (2010) and Communist Studies and Transition Politics (2011).

• 1. Identity Formation and Elites in the Post-Socialist States, David Lane Part 1: Conceptualising Identities 2. European Identity Making and Identity Transfer, Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski 3. Russia’s Identity: Between the ‘Domestic’ and the ‘International’ Richard Sakwa 4. Neoliberalism, Exogenous Elites and the Transformation of Solidarity, Peter Zeniewski Part 2: Formation of Elites 5. The Elite-Population Gap in the Formation of Political Identities. A Cross-Cultural Investigation, Heinrich Best 6. Business Elites and the Role of Companies in Society: A Comparative Study of Poland, Hungary and Germany, Katharina Bluhm, Bernd Martens and Vera Trappmann 7. Supranational Attachment of European Elites and Citizens, Győrgy Lengyel Part 3: Country Studies 8. Balancing National Uncertainty and Foreign Orientation: Identity-Building and the Role of Political Parties in Post-Orange Ukraine, Inna Melnykovska, Rainer Schweickert, and Tetiana Kostiuchenko 9. Chechen Elites: Control, Cooption or Substitution? John Russell 10. Citizenship, Collective Identity and the International Impact on Integration Policy In Estonia, Latvia And Lithuania, Magdalena Solska 11. The Dynamics of Elite Networks and Patron-Client Relations in Afghanistan, Timor Sharan