The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites 1st Edition Heinrich Best

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• ISBN 10: 1137519045
• ISBN 13: 9781137519047
• Author: Palgrave Macmillan

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.

Table contents:

Part 1. The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites: Introduction

1. Theories of Political Elites

2. The Development of Elite Theory

3. Classical Elite Theory: Pareto and Weber

4. Continuities and Discontinuities in Elite Theory

5. Political Elites and Democracy

6. Theory-Based Typologies of Political Elites

Part 2. Research Methods for Studying Elites

7. Research Methods for Studying Elites

8. Methods of Elite Identification

9. Surveying and Observing Political Elites

10. Temporal Methods in Political Elite Studies

11. Analyses of Elite Networks

Part 3. Political Elite Patterns in the World’s Main Regions

12. Patterns of Political Elites

13. Pre-modern Power Elites: Princes, Courts, Intermediaries

14. Political Elites in the Middle East and North Africa

15. Political Elites in South Asia

16. Political Elites in Southeast Asia

17. Political Elites in Sub-Saharan Africa

18. Political Elites in Latin America

19. The Political Elite in Post-Soviet Russia

20. The Political Elite in China: A Dynamic Balance Between Integration and Differentiation

21. Political Elites in the West

Part 4. Differentiation and Integration of Elite Sectors

22. Elite Sectors: Differentiation and Integration

23. Representative Elites

24. Executive Elites

25. Non-elected Political Elites in the EU

26. Economic Elites

27. Media Elites

28. Models of Elite Integration

Part 5. Elite Attributes and Resources

29. Elite Attributes and Resources

30. The Personality Attributes of Political Elites

31. Political and Social Backgrounds of Political Elites

32. Political Elites and Symbolic Superiority

33. Norms and Orientations of Political Elites

34. Power Networks

Part 6. Elite Dynamics and Dilemmas

35. Elite Dynamics and Dilemmas

36. Elite Circulation and Stability

37. Democratization: The Role of Elites

38. Sub-national Political Elites

39. Elites or Leadership? Opposite or Complementary Paradigms?

40. Political Elites Beyond the Nation State

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