This new class did not derive its power from private property deeds, but from "administrative monopoly." They controlled the state, the economy, the media, and the military.
The central thesis of Djilas’s work is as simple as it is devastating. In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie is the ruling class that owns capital and exploits the working class. Djilas argued that under Communism, the Communist Party bureaucracy formed a . Milovan Djilas Nova Klasa.pdf
The original Serbo-Croatian title is Nova Klasa , but the full English title is The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System . The central thesis of the book is simple yet explosive: In communist regimes, the state does not belong to the workers. Instead, it belongs to the party bureaucrats. This new class did not derive its power
In the old days, the ruling class was defined by ownership of factories and land (capitalists). In the new system, Djilas argued, the ruling class is defined by . Djilas argued that under Communism, the Communist Party
If you have ever stumbled across a scanned PDF of Nova Klasa online, you have touched a piece of forbidden dynamite. But is it still relevant today, 60+ years later? Absolutely. Here is why this thin volume remains a masterclass in political sociology.