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Global economic weight in the Longue Duree : nemesis of West European geopolitics -- Segments to regions : structural transformation of global governance -- Geopolitics of property relations : state socialism under global capitalism -- Elasticity of weight : the EU as a geopolitical animal.

Informality prevails in the post-state-socialist regimes of contemporary East-Central Europe. The informal economy has become so pervasive that it is virtually impossible to conduct business without being constrained in some way by the informal sector. The case of Hungary demonstrates that the countries of East-Central Europe have a greater tendency toward informality & are much less likely than their Western counterparts to embrace market formality out of moral considerations. This region's traditional structure & its historical legacy have led to a dysfunction of society & a course of action that is moving away from democratization & social change. K. Larsen

This article reviews conventional theories about different aspects of labor migration: its origins, stability over time, and patterns of migrant settlement. For each of these aspects, we provide alternative explanatory hypotheses derived from the notions of increasing articulation of the international system and the social embeddedness of its various subprocesses, including labor flows. A typology of sources and outcomes of contemporary immigration is presented as an heuristic device to organize the diversity of such movements as described in the empirical literature.

To address pre- & posttransition business elite changes & continuities in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, & Poland, the life histories of individual elite members are analyzed to identify & speculate on mechanisms important to business elite selection. Following a brief overview of the four countries, the central theoretical claim is delineated: mentalities, skills, & networks rooted in the presocialist & state socialist eras shape economic elite recruitment. Five hypotheses are explored on the basis of 1993 interview data from chief executive officers divided into managers & owner managers. Findings indicate that, despite dissimilarities, economic elite recruitment processes have been similar, with potent & almost uniform mechanisms linking individuals' pasts & presents, thus evidencing a collective presocialist & state socialist legacy. 1 Table, 59 References. J. Zendejas

To address pre- & posttransition business elite changes & continuities in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, & Poland, the life histories of individual elite members are analyzed to identify & speculate on mechanisms important to business elite selection. Following a brief overview of the four countries, the central theoretical claim is delineated: mentalities, skills, & networks rooted in the presocialist & state socialist eras shape economic elite recruitment. Five hypotheses are explored on the basis of 1993 interview data from chief executive officers divided into managers & owner managers. Findings indicate that, despite dissimilarities, economic elite recruitment processes have been similar, with potent & almost uniform mechanisms linking individuals' pasts & presents, thus evidencing a collective presocialist & state socialist legacy. 1 Table, 59 References. J. Zendejas