Elites : : Choice, Leadership and Succession /

Elites : : Choice, Leadership and Succession / / edited by João de Pina Cabral, Antónia Pedroso de Lima.

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Wealth and power characterize elites, yet despite the strong cultural influences they exert, their study remains underdeveloped. Partly because of complications resulting from access, scholars have tended to focus on groups affected by elite governance rather than on elites themselves. It is often o...

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TeilnehmendeR:
Pina-Cabral, João de,
Lima, Maria Antónia Pedroso de,
Place / Publishing House:Lisboa : : Etnográfica Press,, 2000.
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Antropologia
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Dynastic Sentiments
  • 1. The Deep Legacies of Dynastic Subjectivity: The Resonances of a Famous Family Identity in Private and Public Spheres
  • 2. 'How Did I Become a Leader in My Family Firm?' Assets for Succession in Contemporary Lisbon Financial Elites
  • 3. Patriarchal Desire: Law and Sentiments of Succession in Italian Capitalist Families
  • Part II. Choice and Tradition
  • 4. Elite Succession Among The Matrilineal Akan of Ghana
  • 5. 'Tradition' Versus 'Politics': Succession Conflicts in a Chiefdom of North-western Ghana
  • 6. Making The Chief: An Examination of Why Fijian Chiefs Have To Be Elected
  • Part III. House and Heir
  • 7. Aristocratic Succession in Portugal (From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries)
  • 8. Family, Power and Property: Ascendancy and Decline of a Rural Elite
  • Part IV. Monopolies and Enclaves
  • 9. Re-serving Succession in a British Enclave
  • 10. How Do the Macanese Achieve Collective Action?
  • 11. Uncanny Success: Some Closing Remarks
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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