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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450559403321

Titolo

Elite configurations at the apex of power [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mattei Dogan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46700-2

9786610467006

1-4237-1222-6

90-474-0174-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

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

Altri autori (Persone)

DoganMattei

Disciplina

305.5/2

Soggetti

Political leadership

Elite (Social sciences)

Power (Social sciences)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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. ;