The new power elite : inequality, politics and greed / Alan Shipman, June Edmunds and Bryan S. Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shipman, Alan, 1966- author.

Edmunds, June, 1961- author.

Turner, Bryan S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Anthem Press, [2018]

Summary:

Elites have always ruled - wielding inordinate power and wealth, taking decisions that shape life for the rest. In good times the '1%' can hide their privilege, or use growing social mobility and economic prosperity as a justification. When times get tougher there's a backlash. So the first years of the twenty-first century - a time of financial crashes, oligarchy and corruption in the West; persistent poverty in the south; and rising inequality everywhere - have brought elites and 'establishments' under unprecedented fire. Yet those swept to power by this discontent are themselves a part of the elite, attacking from within and extending rather than ending its agenda. The New Power Elite shows how major political and social change is typically driven by renegade elite fractions, who co-opt or sideline elites' traditional enemies. It is the first book to combine the politics, economics, sociology and history of elite rule to present a compact, comprehensive account of who's at the top, and why we let them get there.

Contents:

Contents

Preface

Elites under siege

Power, networks and higher circles

Sources of stability: elite circulations and class coalitions

Rousing rebellion: elite fractions and class divisions

Politics and money

Inequality: causes and consequences

Elites and democracy

Giveaways and greed

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783087891

1783087897