Networking and Career Strategies in Late Habsburg Monarchy and its Successor States
Paths to Power
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Networking and Career Strategies in Late Habsburg Monarchy and its Successor States
Paths to Power
About this book
This comparative study of elite formation and social mobility in Central and Eastern Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries focuses on Bohemia and Transylvania as representatives of different administrative systems – Cisleithanian and Transleithanian – within the Habsburg Monarchy.
Through 20 richly contextualized microhistorical case studies, the book illustrates the changing roles of education, professional networks and political transformations (particularly those occurring in 1848, 1867, 1918 and 1938) in shaping career paths and achieving elite status as high-ranking state officials and Members of Parliament. Furthermore, it explores the extent to which membership in various groups (ethnic, religious, social, educational, professional) influenced the intensity and success in the processes of social mobility. This innovative approach – combining comparative analysis and detailed reconstruction of relational networks including their visualizations – offers insights into the structures and strategies that underpinned the formation of the elite during a period of rapid social transformation.
This volume will appeal to scholars, students, and general readers interested in Central European history and social mobility.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Social Mobility in East-Central Europe from the Late 18th to Early 20th Centuries: A Brief Overview
- Part II Career Patterns Rooted in the Pre-March
- 1 Senior State Official and Deputy Alexandru Bohățel (1816–1897)
- 2 Senior State Official and Deputy Ferdinand Conrad Johann Voith von Sterbez (1813–1882)
- 3 Senior State Official and Deputy Ilie Măcelariu (1822–1891)
- 4 Deputies Anton Julius Gschier (1814–1874) and Gustav Anton Gschier (1852–1916)
- 5 Deputy Karl Andreas Fabritius (1826–1881)
- 6 Senior State Official Gábor Daniel (1824–1915)
- Part III On the Road to the Career Ladder
- 7 Senior State Official Maximilian Obentraut (1795–1883) and Senior State Official and Deputy Adolf Obentraut (1833–1909)
- 8 Deputies Eduard Grégr (1827–1907) and Julius Grégr (1831–1896)
- 9 Deputy Josef Viktorin Krofta (1845–1892)
- 10 Deputy Ion Ciocan (1850–1915)
- 11 Deputy Soma Fenyvesi (1868–1914)
- 12 Senior State Officials Alois Pelc (1856–1932) and Hynek Pelc (1844–1915)
- 13 Senior State Official Solomon Haliță (1859–1926)
- Part IV Career and Regime Change
- 14 Senior State Officials Karl Janka (1839–1917) and Friedrich Janka (1878–1957)
- 15 Deputy Karel Kramář (1860–1937)
- 16 Deputies and Senior State Officials Alexandru Lapedatu (1876–1950) and Ion Lapedatu (1876–1951)
- 17 Senior State Official František Vaniš (1861–1930)
- 18 State Official and Deputy Aurel Vlad (1875–1953)
- 19 Senior State Official and Deputy Petru Meteș (1883–1946)
- 20 Deputy Betty Karpíšková (1881–1942)
- Index