Elites : choice, leadership and succession / edited by João de Pina-Cabral and Antonia Pedroso de Lima.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pina-Cabral, João de.

Lima, Antónia Pedroso de.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences).

Elite (Social sciences)--Attitudes.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

xi, 253 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2000.

Summary:

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 overlooked that, in order to continue through time, elites have to empower new members. Choice has to be exercised over who achieves leadership, both by reference to the elite group itself and to the wider group over which it holds power.

This book provides the first rigorous interrogation of the choice and succession strategies of elites in venous cultural contexts -- from the transmission and preservation of financial power in urban contexts to the complex relation between subjectivity and the transmission of leadership positions in places as varied as the United States, Northern Italy, and Portugal. Various elite succession types are discussed, from self-avowedly traditional leaders to the aristocracy, where choice is practically nonexistent, to situations where leaders are elected from among a group of peers. The relationship between familial property and choice of successor in landholding families small business enterprises, and peasant communities is also examined, as are ethnic monopolies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1859733948

1859733999

OCLC:

43542701