Mattei Dogan is director of research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris and chair of the Research Committee on Political Elites of the International Political Science Assocation. John Higley is professor of government and sociology at the University of Texas, Austin, and deputy chair of the Research Committee on Political Elites of the International Political Science Association.

• Part 1 TheoreticalChapter 2 Elites, Crises, and Regimes in Comparative AnalysisChapter 3 Historical and Theoretical ConsiderationsChapter 4 Political Crises and Elite SettlementsChapter 5 Mexico and Latin America in Comparative PerspectivePart 6 Case StudiesChapter 7 The Soviet Union: Revolution and TransformationChapter 8 Russia: Elite Continuity and ChangeChapter 9 Hungary, Poland, and Russia: The Fate of Nomenklatura ElitesChapter 10 Germany: Twentieth-Century Turning PointsChapter 11 Japan: The Elite Legacies of Meiji and World War IIChapter 12 South Africa: From Apartheid to DemocracyChapter 13 ConclusionChapter 14 Index

There is much to be learned from this volume, not only by students of comparative politics but also by other crisis scholars.

Mattei Dogan is director of research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris and chair of the Research Committee on Political Elites of the International Political Science Assocation. John Higley is professor of government and sociology at the University of Texas, Austin, and deputy chair of the Research Committee on Political Elites of the International Political Science Association.

• Part 1 TheoreticalChapter 2 Elites, Crises, and Regimes in Comparative AnalysisChapter 3 Historical and Theoretical ConsiderationsChapter 4 Political Crises and Elite SettlementsChapter 5 Mexico and Latin America in Comparative PerspectivePart 6 Case StudiesChapter 7 The Soviet Union: Revolution and TransformationChapter 8 Russia: Elite Continuity and ChangeChapter 9 Hungary, Poland, and Russia: The Fate of Nomenklatura ElitesChapter 10 Germany: Twentieth-Century Turning PointsChapter 11 Japan: The Elite Legacies of Meiji and World War IIChapter 12 South Africa: From Apartheid to DemocracyChapter 13 ConclusionChapter 14 Index

There is much to be learned from this volume, not only by students of comparative politics but also by other crisis scholars.

Mattei Dogan is director of research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris and chair of the Research Committee on Political Elites of the International Political Science Assocation. John Higley is professor of government and sociology at the University of Texas, Austin, and deputy chair of the Research Committee on Political Elites of the International Political Science Association.

• Part 1 TheoreticalChapter 2 Elites, Crises, and Regimes in Comparative AnalysisChapter 3 Historical and Theoretical ConsiderationsChapter 4 Political Crises and Elite SettlementsChapter 5 Mexico and Latin America in Comparative PerspectivePart 6 Case StudiesChapter 7 The Soviet Union: Revolution and TransformationChapter 8 Russia: Elite Continuity and ChangeChapter 9 Hungary, Poland, and Russia: The Fate of Nomenklatura ElitesChapter 10 Germany: Twentieth-Century Turning PointsChapter 11 Japan: The Elite Legacies of Meiji and World War IIChapter 12 South Africa: From Apartheid to DemocracyChapter 13 ConclusionChapter 14 Index

There is much to be learned from this volume, not only by students of comparative politics but also by other crisis scholars.