Elite configurations at the apex of power / edited by Mattei Dogan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dogan, Mattei.

Series:

International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 85.

International studies in sociology and social anthropology, 0074-8684 ; v. 85

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political leadership.

Elite (Social sciences).

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text focuses on the interpenetration between various types of elites: politicians, owners of capital, corporate managers, higher state administrators, directors of public enterprises, controllers of media, military officers and the civic-cultural establishment. ;

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Diversity of Elite Configurations and Clusters of Power; Is there a Ruling Class in France?; The Structure of the German Elite across Regime Changes; Informal and Formal Networking among Elite Mexican Capitalists and Politicians; Transformations in the British Economic Elite; Prime Ministers, Ministers and Civil Servants in Britain; The Canadian Corporate Network in Comparative Perspective; Theoretical Interpretations of Elite Change in East Central Europe; Interlocking Elites in Southeast Asia

"Big Men" in Sub-Saharan Africa: How Elites Accumulate Positions and Resources Notes on Contributors; Abstracts; Analytic Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46700-2

9786610467006

1-4237-1222-6

90-474-0174-3

OCLC:

191952742