The Economic elite in the Székler Land - 1993

Abstract

The paper written within the framework of the Working Group of Communications Anthropology of Csíkszereda attempts to identify types of the emerging local economic elite, of the new entrepreneurial stratum. It differentiates among the various sub-types of the rural as well as urban entrepreneurs on the basis of their activities and mental attitudes. It points out that the emerging economic elite is a transitory one which opens the way for the economic elites, accepted by the local community, performing a complete social role.