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Elites Non Elites And Political Realism
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Author : John Higley
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-10-29
Elites Non Elites And Political Realism written by John Higley and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-29 with Political Science categories.
This provocative and groundbreaking book challenges accepted wisdom about the role of elites in both maintaining and undermining democracy in an increasingly authoritarian world. John Higley traces patterns of elite political behavior and the political orientations of non-elite populations throughout modern history to show what is and is not possible in contemporary politics. He situates these patterns and orientations in a range of regimes, showing how they have played out in revolutions, populist nationalism, Arab Spring failures to democratize, the conflation of ultimate and instrumental values in today’s liberal democracies, and American political thinkers’ misguided assumption that non-elites are the principal determinants of politics. Critiquing the optimistic outlooks prevalent among educated Westerners, Higley considers them out of touch with reality because of spreading employment insecurity, demoralization, and millennial pursuits in their societies. Attacks by domestic and foreign terrorists, effects of climate change, mass migrations from countries outside the West, and disease pandemics exacerbate insecurity and further highlight the flaws in the belief that democracy can thrive and spread worldwide. Higley concludes that these threats to the well-being of Western societies are here to stay. They leave elites with no realistic alternative to a holding operation until at least mid-century that husbands the power and political practices of Western societies. Drawing on decades of research, Higley’s analysis is historically and comparatively informed, bold, and in some places dark—and will be sure to foster debate.
Elite Foundations Of Liberal Democracy
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Author : John Higley
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2006
Elite Foundations Of Liberal Democracy written by John Higley and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Political Science categories.
This compelling and convincing study, the capstone of decades of research, argues that political regimes are created and sustained by elites. Liberal democracies are no exception; they depend, above all, on the formation and persistence of consensually united elites. John Higley and Michael Burton explore the circumstances and ways in which such elites have formed in the modern world. They identify pressures that may cause a basic change in the structure and functioning of elites in established liberal democracies, and they ask if the elites cluster around George W. Bush are a harbinger of this change. The authors' powerful and important argument reframes our thinking about liberal democracy and questions optimistic assumptions about the prospects for its spread in the twenty-first century.
Elitism
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Author : George Lowell Field
language : en
Publisher: London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul
Release Date : 1980
Elitism written by George Lowell Field and has been published by London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Elite (Social sciences). categories.
Elites Crises And The Origins Of Regimes
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Author : Mattei Dogan
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1998
Elites Crises And The Origins Of Regimes written by Mattei Dogan and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Political Science categories.
Most political regimes, whether authoritarian or democratic, are born in abrupt, brutal, and momentous crises. In this volume, a group of prominent scholars explores how these seminal events affect elites and shape regimes. Combining theoretical and case study chapters, the authors draw from a wide range of historical and contemporary examples to challenge mainstream developmental explanations of political change, which emphasize incremental changes and evolutions stretching over generations.
Political Elites
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Author : Geraint Parry
language : en
Publisher: ECPR Press
Release Date : 2005
Political Elites written by Geraint Parry and has been published by ECPR Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Political Science categories.
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.
The Ruling Elites Elite Theory Power And American Democracy
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Author : Kenneth Prewitt
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1973
The Ruling Elites Elite Theory Power And American Democracy written by Kenneth Prewitt and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with History categories.
Elites New Comparative Perspectives
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Author : Masamichi Sasaki
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007-12-31
Elites New Comparative Perspectives written by Masamichi Sasaki and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-31 with Social Science categories.
Elites come in many forms, as reflected by this collection. From overview to comparative studies in diverse contexts, this work is both historical and contemporary, encompassing case studies of elite individuals as well as elites in nations and political environments.
The Comparative Study Of Political Elites
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Author : William B. Quandt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Comparative Study Of Political Elites written by William B. Quandt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Elite (Social sciences). categories.
Elites And Society
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Author : Tom Bottomore
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-09-07
Elites And Society written by Tom Bottomore and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-07 with Social Science categories.
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).
The Comparative Study Of Political Elites
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Author : Robert D. Putnam
language : en
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall
Release Date : 1976
The Comparative Study Of Political Elites written by Robert D. Putnam and has been published by Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Social Science categories.