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    STUDIA SOCIOLOGIA - Issue no. 1 / 2004  
         
  Article:   LOCAL ELITE IN CĂPUŞU MARE.

Authors:  ŞTEFAN KISS.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  Local Elite in Cǎpuşu Mare. In my writing I proposed to analyze the transformation of the rural elite in the post-communist period, the structure and characteristics of this group, in the Transylvanian village of Capusu Mare. For this purpose I realized interviews with persons defined as members of the local elite group. I found that today’s local elite of the village consists of three groups: local entrepreneurs, farmers, and a cultural elite. The entrepreneur group is a high-prestige group, formed in the post-socialist period and includes the local entrepreneurs dealing with production and wholesale commerce. The cultural elite is composed mainly of teachers, and it has been formed in the post-socialist period (formerly all the teachers were daily commuters from the near city of Cluj). The farmers’ group is composed of the wealthiest peasants, but they have a much lower economic income than the members of the other two elite group. Thus they have the lowest prestige, and their belonging to the local elite is doubtful.  
         
     
         
         
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