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Political Elites in Modern Societies
Author | : Samuel James Eldersveld |
Publsiher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0472080946 |
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Reflections on the nature of political leadership
Beyond the Ruling Class
Author | : Suzanne Keller |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2017-07-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781351289184 |
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Influential minorities have existed in some form in all human societies. Throughout history, such elites have evoked varied responses--respeet. hos-tility, fear. envy, imitation, but never indifference. While certain elite groups have been of only passing historical importance, strategic elites, whose mem-bers are national and international leaders, today are ultimately responsible for the realization of social goals and for the continuity of the social order in a swiftly changing world. This volume, which first appeared in 1963, markeda major advance in our theoretical understanding of these elites, why they are needed, how they operate, and what effect they have on society. Drawing upon the work of such classical writers as Saint-Simon. Marx. Durkheim. Mosca. Pareto. and Michels, and such modern scholars as Mann-heim. Lasswell, Aron. Mills, and Parsons, the author presents a challenging theory of elites that provides the framework for her examination of their co-existence, their social origins, and their rise and decline. The elites discussed here include political, diplomatic, economic, and military, as well as scientific, cultural, and religious ones. Systematically, the author surveys available em-pirical data concerning American society, and selected materials on Great Brit-ain. Germany, the Soviet Union, and the developing nations of Asia and Africa. Written with clarity and distinction. Beyond the Ruling Class remains a thorough and provocative treatment, rich in empirical insights, of a subject that will compel the attention of political scientists, sociologists, and historians concerned with themes of power, influence, and leadership in national and international life. Her new introduction to Beyond the Ruling Class is at once an appraisal of the current status of elite studies and a careful self-evaluation of her efforts.
The Contested Status of Political Elites
Author | : Lars Vogel,Ronald Gebauer,Axel Salheiser |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2018-07-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781351814119 |
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Contemporary Western societies are witnessing ground-breaking social, economic and political changes at an accelerating pace. These changes are challenging the way democracy works and the role that political elites play in this system of government. Using a theoretical and empirical approach, this volume argues that political elites are urged to develop new strategies in order to achieve interest aggregation, to safeguard collective action, and to maintain elite autonomy and stability. The adaptive capacities of political elites are assessed through case studies, comparative and longitudinal analyses of their social structure, their recruitment patterns, and their attitudes. The book includes contributions from reputable scholars in the field of elite research and specialists on individual political systems across Europe and the US. It provides an analytical framework demonstrating that political elites are inevitable and potentially able to respond successfully to varying challenges. The book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political elites, democracy, comparative politics, political participation and European Politics.
Elites and Society
Author | : Tom Bottomore |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2006-09-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781134890361 |
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In this substantially revised and enlarged second edition of a classic text that has been used throughout the world in numerous translations, Tom Bottomore reconsiders élite theory in the light of more recent studies. He examines the role and significance of élites in relation to classes and class structure in both advanced industrial and developing countries, and expounds the criticism of élites and élitism that have been formulated by democratic and socialist thinkers and movements. In a new concluding chapter, Professor Bottomore considers the prospect, as humanity approaches the millenium, for a renewed advance towards more egalitarian forms of society, in which all citizens would be able to participate more fully and effectively in the shaping of their social world. Tom Bottomore taught at the London School of Economics 1952-64, was Head of the Department of Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver 1965-67, and Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex 1968-85 where he is now Professor Emeritus. He is the author of numerous books, most recently: Theories of Modern Capitalism, Allen and Unwin (1985); Classes in Modern Society, Routledge (2nd edition, 1991) and Between Marginalism and Marxism: The Economic Sociology of J A Schumpter, Harvester Wheatsheaf (1992).
Elites and Masses
Author | : Martin Marger |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : UOM:39015017743215 |
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Political Elites
Author | : Geraint Parry |
Publsiher | : ECPR Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780954796600 |
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Elites have been described both as the bulwarks of democracy and its very antithesis. Political Elites, first published in 1969, reviews the literature on the role of elites in politics. It deals with both the 'classic' elite theorists - Mosca, Pareto, Michels, Burnham and C. Wright Mills - and with many of the empirical and theoretical works on elites by modern political scientists and sociologists. It seeks to clarify the central terms of elite discourse, some of which have entered the everyday political vocabulary - 'elitism', 'power elite', 'establishment', 'elite consensus', 'iron law of oligarchy' and 'mass'. It explores the ways in which the descriptions of power relationships can subtly be infiltrated by the values of the observers. For this ECPR Classics edition Professor Parry has added an introduction reviewing significant new developments in elite political science.
Elites and Society
Author | : T. B. Bottomore |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Leadership |
ISBN | : UOM:39015002554478 |
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THE POWER ELITE
Author | : C.WRIGHT MILLS |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9182736450XXX |
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