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Sie entstand aus der von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft finanzierten Potsdamer Elitenstudie, an der ich von der Entstehung der Projektidee bis zur Verlegung des Ab- schluberichts mitwirken konnte. Die Arbeit behandelt im Schwerpunkt die politischen Ordnungspraferen- zen ehemaliger DDR-Burger in der bundesdeutschen Elite (hinfort: Ostelite) und bezieht sie systematisch auf deren gesellschaftliche Stellung im SED- Regime zuruck. Zentrale Befunde zur osteuropaischen Elitentransformation finden dabei Berucksichtigung, weil ich zumindest nicht axiomatisch von einem reinen Sonderfall der Transformation in den neuen Bundeslandern ausgehe. Dies erscheint mir um so mehr berechtigt, als die hier verfolgte Fragestellung weniger institutioneller denn politisch-soziologischer Natur ist. 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