This new class gained power from a monopoly over administration and decision-making .
Milovan Djilas The New Class (1957) is a landmark of 20th-century political theory, written by a man who was once Tito’s heir apparent in Yugoslavia before becoming the Eastern Bloc's most famous dissident. milovan djilas nova klasapdf
“The new class acquires its power by control of the state apparatus...” This new class gained power from a monopoly
Djilas' work was influenced by his disillusionment with the failures of socialist Yugoslavia to live up to its revolutionary ideals. He believed that the New Class had become a reactionary force, stifling social and economic progress, and that it was necessary to undertake radical reforms to re-establish a more egalitarian and democratic socialism. stifling social and economic progress