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1Academic Journal
المؤلفون: Egon Prijon, Lea Prijon
المصدر: Revija za Univerzalno Odličnost, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp a12-a36 (2015)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Slovenia, state building, institutions, modernization, transition, social capital, cultural capital, and economic capital 1 I ntroduction Elites have always been an extremely in teresting phenomenon, but despite all the research they are still an ambiguous topic due to how they are perceived: as actors who promote society’s development and prosperity or a closed and privil eged group of people who act in their own benefits. Elite’s Journal of Universal Excellence, Appendix June 2015, year 4, number 2, pp. A12 – A36 . A 13 perception varies within societies, which can be the consequence of its formation and role in soci e ty. In this respect, we ca n define two types of elite, which are formed in a society, promoters of development ( developmental business elite ) and/or rent - seek e rs, whose character merely depends on many mutually connected factors i.e. social, cultural, political and economic ones, which together rep resent a society’s/country’s hi storical heritage. These factors represent a basis, which promotes (or hinders) a specific type of elite to be formed. In this respect, societies, with a developed free market economy, established democratic system and efficient inclusive institutions, are more likely to enable and promote the formation of developmental business elites, while societies with non - market or p lanned economy, non - democratic system and exclusive institutions are more likely to enable and promote rent - seeking business elites. In order to detach these factors, it is necessary to analyze country’s (society’s) profile, thus we have set a frame of s ocial