LEADER 02719nam 2200625 450 001 9910811537203321 005 20230207231937.0 010 $a0-7425-6855-5 010 $a0-7425-5360-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001110450 035 $a(EBL)1343801 035 $a(OCoLC)276091690 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000145470 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11152147 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145470 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10181813 035 $a(PQKB)10820483 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1343801 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10926740 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL510373 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1343801 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001110450 100 $a20140911h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aElite foundations of liberal democracy /$fJohn Higley and Michael Burton 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 225 1 $aElite Transformations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7425-5361-2 311 $a1-299-79122-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Elites and Regimes; 2 Disunited Elites and Unstable Regimes; 3 Settlements among Disunited Elites; 4 Colonial Origins of Consensually United Elites; 5 Convergences among Disunited Elites; 6 Elites and Liberal Democratic Prospects; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors 330 $aThis compelling and convincing study, the capstone of decades of research, argues that political regimes are created and sustained by elites. Liberal democracies are no exception; they depend, above all, on the formation and persistence of consensually united elites. John Higley and Michael Burton explore the circumstances and ways in which such elites have formed in the modern world. They identify pressures that may cause a basic change in the structure and functioning of elites in established liberal democracies, and they ask if the elites cluster around George W. Bush are a harbinger of thi 410 0$aElite Transformations 606 $aElite (Social sciences) 606 $aDemocracy 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 615 0$aDemocracy. 676 $a306.2 686 $aME 3000$2rvk 700 $aHigley$b John$01090271 702 $aBurton$b Michael G.$f1940- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811537203321 996 $aElite foundations of liberal democracy$93961234 997 $aUNINA