Elites : new comparative perspectives / / edited by Masamichi Sasaki.

Elites come in many forms and express themselves in an extraordinary variety of ways. This collection reflects just that diversity. From an overview of elites for the relatively uninitiated to comparative studies of elites in individual, national, social and political contexts, this work is both his...

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Superior document:International studies in sociology and social anthropology, v. 107
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Year of Publication:2008
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 107.
Physical Description:222 p. :; ill.
Notes:"Originally published as volume 6, no. 1-2 2007 of Brill's journal Comparative sociology"--T.p. verso.
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Table of Contents:
  • Elite and leadership change in liberal democracies / John Higley and Jan Pakulski
  • Elite distinction: grand theory and comparative perspectives / Jean-Pascal Daloz
  • Comparing two charismatic leaders: Ataturk and de Gaulle / Mattei Dogan
  • New challenges, new elites? Changes in the recruitment and career patterns of European representative elites / Heinrich Best
  • Political elite circulation: implications for leadership diversity and democratic regime stability in Ghana / Johanna Odonkor Svanikier
  • Political elites in the Commonwealth of Independent States: recruitment and rotation tendencies / Oxana Gama-Golutvina
  • Nordic elites in comparative perspective / Ilkka Ruostetsaari
  • Elite integration and institutional trust in Norway / Trygve Gulbrandsen
  • From Vietnam to Iraq: American elites' views on the use of military force / Gwen Moore and Stephanie Mack.