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Political Elites, Elite Quality and Elite Recruitment
2015Although the belief in government by ‘the best people’ can be traced back to Plato, it was Niccolo Machiavelli who formulated it most clearly, and who is therefore regarded as an intellectual patron of elitism—an approach that places at the centre of attention political leaders and elites, and that assesses their ‘elite quality’ in terms of virtu, that
Jan Pakulski, Bruce Tranter
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
AbstractWe explore the role of ruling elites in autocratic regimes and provide an assessment of tools useful to clarify the structure of opaque political environments. We first showcase the importance of analyzing autocratic regimes as non‐unitary actors by discussing extant work on non‐democracies in sub‐Saharan Africa and China, where the prevailing ...
Adlai Newson, Francesco Trebbi
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AbstractWe explore the role of ruling elites in autocratic regimes and provide an assessment of tools useful to clarify the structure of opaque political environments. We first showcase the importance of analyzing autocratic regimes as non‐unitary actors by discussing extant work on non‐democracies in sub‐Saharan Africa and China, where the prevailing ...
Adlai Newson, Francesco Trebbi
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2009
Abstract This article examines the various forms that political elite theory took, from the end of the nineteenth century to the 1960s and 1970s. The career patterns, forms of recruitment, and duration and turnover among the political elite are studied. The article also discusses the role of the political elite.
BLONDEL, Jean, MÜLLER-ROMMEL, Ferdinand
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Abstract This article examines the various forms that political elite theory took, from the end of the nineteenth century to the 1960s and 1970s. The career patterns, forms of recruitment, and duration and turnover among the political elite are studied. The article also discusses the role of the political elite.
BLONDEL, Jean, MÜLLER-ROMMEL, Ferdinand
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Convincing elites, controlling elites
2011Within the legal mobilization framework, sociolegal scholars identify elite support as a key indirect benefit of litigation. Court-centered strategies generate support from influential state and private actors, and this support helps a movement to achieve its goals.
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