LEADER 03297nam 22006135 450 001 9910805578003321 005 20251009095949.0 010 $a9783031523076 010 $a3031523075 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-52307-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31084732 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31084732 035 $a(OCoLC)1419869279 035 $a(CKB)30111490500041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-52307-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930111490500041 100 $a20240122d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWestern Elites and Societies in Twenty-First Century Politics $eAvoiding Calamity /$fby John Higley 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (104 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Higley, John Western Elites and Societies in Twenty-First Century Politics Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 9783031523069 327 $a1. Avoiding Calamity -- 2. Western Elites and Populists -- 3. Representative Government?s Prospects -- 4. Democracy as Rationalization and Panacea -- 5. Anticipations of Parousia in Western Societies -- 6. Intellectual Elites and Realities of Work -- 7. Plutocracy and Demagogy in a Weak State -- 8. The Democracy Ideal Reconsidered. 330 $aThis book focuses on threats to the continued viability of Western institutions and practices for which it is not easy to conceive remedies consistent with the Western tradition. Higley argues that structural difficulties in postindustrial societies, particularly the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and elsewhere, threatened troubles that political manipulation by elites might not be sufficient to contain or resolve. Struggling against lethal climate change, politically explosive waves of migrants and refugees, the likelihood of further pandemics, populist nationalism, and destabilizing effects of social media, elites must consider new demographic, economic, social, political, and international policies. Higley offers a powerful and provocative analysis of the elite?s ability to sustain Western societies in their current social and political forms. John Higley is Emeritus Professor of Government & Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, USA. 606 $aAmerica$xPolitics and government 606 $aPolitical sociology 606 $aEurope$xPolitics and government 606 $aPolitical leadership 606 $aAmerican Politics 606 $aPolitical Sociology 606 $aEuropean Politics 606 $aPolitical Leadership 615 0$aAmerica$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aPolitical sociology. 615 0$aEurope$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aPolitical leadership. 615 14$aAmerican Politics. 615 24$aPolitical Sociology. 615 24$aEuropean Politics. 615 24$aPolitical Leadership. 676 $a305.52 700 $aHigley$b John$01090271 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910805578003321 996 $aWestern Elites and Societies in Twenty-First Century Politics$93883273 997 $aUNINA