Overview
- Provides the first comprehensive handbook on political elites and their consequences for politics
- Offers a broad, international approach that covers political elitism worldwide
- Unites the research on political elites found within the fields of political science, sociology, political economy, international relations, social psychology, political anthropology and public policy
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Keywords
- elite theories
- Political Elites in the Democratic West
- Political Elites in Authoritarian Regimes
- Political Elites in Totalitarian Regimes
- parliamentary elites
- elitist politics
- media elites
- political power of elites
- Autonomy of Political Elites
- political power of economic elites
- elitist networks
- elite network analysis
- classical elite theory
- neo-elite theory
- political authority
- transational elitism
Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Theories of Political Elites
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Research Methods for Studying Elites
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Political Elite Patterns in the World’s Main Regions
Reviews
“Scholars have recognized for centuries that elites are the key drivers of political change. In this handbook, Best, Higley and colleagues deliver everything one needs to know about the roles and dynamics of modern elites and how to study them. This is an essential reference for anyone analyzing comparative politics, international relations, or theories of governance.” (Professor Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Heinrich Best is Senior Professor of Sociology at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany. Since 2012 he has chaired the International Political Science Association’s Research Committee on Political Elites. His most recent book is Political Elites in the Transatlantic Crisis (2014, with J. Higley)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites
Editors: Heinrich Best, John Higley
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51904-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51903-0Published: 23 November 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-51904-7Published: 08 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 698
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Leadership, Public Policy, Governance and Government