The Contested Status of Political Elites: At the Crossroads (Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites) - Hardcover

 
9780415792158: The Contested Status of Political Elites: At the Crossroads (Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415792150 ISBN 13: 9780415792158
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Contemporary Western societies are witnessing ground-breaking social, economic and political changes at an accelerating pace. These changes are challenging the way democracy works and the role that political elites play in this system of government.

Using a theoretical and empirical approach, this volume argues that political elites are urged to develop new strategies in order to achieve interest aggregation, to safeguard collective action, and to maintain elite autonomy and stability. The adaptive capacities of political elites are assessed through case studies, comparative and longitudinal analyses of their social structure, their recruitment patterns, and their attitudes. The book includes contributions from reputable scholars in the field of elite research and specialists on individual political systems across Europe and the US. It provides an analytical framework demonstrating that political elites are inevitable and potentially able to respond successfully to varying challenges.

The book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political elites, democracy, comparative politics, political participation and European Politics.

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About the Author

Lars Vogel is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Political Science, Leipzig University, Germany.

Ronald Gebauer is Acting Professor of Methods of Empirical Social Research at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Germany.

Axel Salheiser is Research Fellow at KomRex – Center for Research on Right-Wing Extremism, Civic Education and Social Integration at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415792150
ISBN 13 
9780415792158
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
264
Editor
Vogel Lars, Gebauer Ronald, Salheiser Axel

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