The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites

ISBN-13: 9781137519030 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 698 str.

Heinrich Best; John Higley; Maurizio Cotta

Recenzje

"The introduction addresses the definition of political elites and changes in the scholarly treatment of political elites since the mid-twentieth century. ... The book includes with an extensive, cross-referenced index. This is a scholarly enterprise. The writing level reflects the target audience, college students and above. Highly recommended." (American Reference Books Annual ARBA, June, 2018)

Spis treści

Introduction to the Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites. Heinrich Best and John Higley

Chapter 1: Introduction to Section I: The Development of Elite Theory. Jan Pakulski

Chapter 2: Classical Elite Theory: Pareto and Weber. Jan Pakulski

Chapter 3: Continuities and Discontinuities in Elite Theory. John Higley

Chapter 4: Political Elites and Democracy. András Körösényi

Chapter 5: Theory-Based Typologies of Political Elites. Ursula Hoffmann-Lange

Chapter 6: Introduction to Section II: Research Methods for Studying Elites. Elena Semenova

Chapter 7: Methods of Elite Identification. Ursula Hoffmann-Lange

Chapter 8: Surveying & Observing Political Elites. Juan Rodríguez-Teruel and Jean-Pascal Daloz

Chapter 9: Temporal Methods in Political Elite Studies. Sebastian Jäckle and Matthew Kerby

Chapter 10: Analyses of Elite Networks. Franziska Barbara Keller

Chapter 11: Introduction to Section III: Patterns of Political Elites. John Higley

Chapter 12: Pre-Modern Power Elites: Princes, Courts, Intermediaries. Jeroen Duindam

Chapter 13: Political Elites in the Middle East and North Africa. Clement Henry

Chapter 14: Political Elites in South Asia. Philip Oldenburg

Chapter 15: Political Elites in Southeast Asia. William Case

Chapter 16: Political Elites in Sub-Saharan Africa. Jean-Pascal Daloz

Chapter 17: Political Elites in Latin America. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

Chapter 18: The Political Elite in Post-Soviet Russia. Peter Rutland

Chapter 19: The Political Elite in China: A Dynamic Balance between Integration and Differentiation. Cheng Li

Chapter 20: Political Elites in the West. John Higley

Chapter 21: Introduction to Section IV: Elite sectors: Differentiation and Integration. Heinrich Best

Chapter 22: Representative Elites. Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel

Chapter 23: Executive Elites. Luca Verzichelli

Chapter 24: Non-Elected Political Elites in EU. Niilo Kauppi and Mikael Rask Madsen

Chapter 25: Economic Elites. Michael Hartmann

Chapter 26: Media Elites. Eva Mayerhöffer & Barbara Pfetsch

Chapter 27: Models of Elite Integration. Fredrik Engelstad

Chapter 28: Introduction to Section V: Elite Attributes and Resources. Jean-Pascal Daloz & Ursula Hoffmann-Lange

Chapter 29: The Personality Attributes of Political Elites. Gian Vittorio Caprara & Jo Silvester

Chapter 30: Political and Social Backgrounds of Political Elites. Daniel Gaxie

Chapter 31: Political Elites and Symbolic Superiority. Jean-Pascal Daloz

Chapter 32: Norms and Orientations of Political Elites. Bernhard Weßels

Chapter 33: Power Networks. David Knoke

Chapter 34: Introduction to Section VI: Elite Dynamics and Dilemmas. Maurizio Cotta

Chapter 35: Elite Circulation and Stability. Luca Verzichelli

Chapter 36: Democratization: The Role of Elites. Philippe C. Schmitter

Chapter 37: Sub-National Political Elites. Filippo Tronconi

Chapter 38: Elites or Leadership? Opposite or Complementary Paradigms? Jean Blondel

Chapter 39: Political Elites Beyond The Nation State. Maurizio Cotta

O autorze

John Higley is Emeritus Professor of Government and Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. From 2001-2012, he chaired the International Political Science Association’s Research Committee on Political Elites. His most recent book is The Endangered West: Myopic Elites and Fragile Social Orders in a Threatening World (2016). 

Heinrich Best is Senior Professor of Sociology at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany. Since 2012 he has chaired the International Political Science Association’s Research Committee on Political Elites. His most recent book is Political Elites in the Transatlantic Crisis (2014, with J. Higley)

Blurb

This handbook presents a comprehensive view of the current theory and research surrounding political elites, which is now a pivotal subject for academic study and public discourse. In 40 chapters by leading scholars, it displays the field’s richness and diversity. The handbook is organized in six sections, each introduced by a co-editor, focusing on theories about political elites, methods for studying them, their main structural and behavioral patterns worldwide, the differentiation and integration of political elite sectors, elite attributes and resources, and the dilemmas of political elites in this century. Forty years since Robert Putnam’s landmark Comparative Study of Political Elites, this handbook is an indispensable resource for scholars and students engaged in the study of this vibrant field.