Pregledni rad
ON TRANSITION AND THE OLD STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL POWER
Vjeran Katunarić
; Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb
Sažetak
Research on transition in countries of the so-called Third World
and the former Communist East, as well as of the long period of
Western modernization (from 16th to 20th century) indicates the
dual nature of modernization. Its universalist language (democracy,
market, national independence) mostly serves as a cover
for the transformation of the (old) structure of social power. This
structure has been described as "neopatrimonial", "clientelist" and
"mercantilist". From this point of view, transition can also be parodied
(with regard to Marx's prophecy) as one leading from "a lower
phase of communism" (reward according to labor or plan) to "a
higher phase of communism" (reward according to needs, within
oligarchies, of course). In the new parallelagram of forces the
work-dependent and unemployed population is in the worst position.
It experiences the fate of the weaker party in the conflict (with
local governments), analogously with the weakest party in wars or
ethnic conflicts which have currently been shaking up the multi-
-ethnic peripheral regions in transition.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
32426
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.3.1995.
Posjeta: 1.790 *