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Title Elites and people : challenges to democracy / edited by Fredrik Engelstad, University of Oslo, Norway/Institute for Social Research, Norway; Trygve Gulbrandsen, Institute for Social Research, Norway; Marte Mangset, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway/Institute for Social Research, Norway; Mari Teigen, Institute for Social Research, Norway
Published Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations
Series Comparative Social Research Ser. ; v. 34
Comparative Social Research Ser
Contents Intro; ELITES AND PEOPLE; Contents; About the Contributors; EDITORIAL BOARD; LIST OF REVIEWERS; Elites and People: Challenges to Democracy; The Arab Spring -- Feasible Transition to Democracy?; Political Elites and Resilience of Democracy; European Crisis -- A Crisis of Europeanisation?; Elite Recruitment and Social Identity; Gender Disparities in Elite Recruitment?; Elites, Elitism and Populism; Concluding Remarks; References; PART I: POLITICAL ELITESAND POPULATIONS; Elite Survival and the Arab Spring: The Cases of Tunisia and Egypt; Introduction; Types of Elite Circulation
The Case of TunisiaPre-Arab Spring; Post-Arab Spring; The Case of Egypt; Pre-Arab Spring; Post-Arab Spring; The Two Cases Compared; Conclusion; References; The Development of Political Legitimacy Among MPs and Citizens in Old and Young Democracies; Introduction; Elites, Citizens, Economic Crises and Political Legitimacy in Young Democracies; The Role of Elites in Democratic Transition and Consolidation; Economic Crises and Political Legitimacy; Objects and Types of Political Support; Theoretical Assumptions; Database; The Two MP Surveys and the World Values Survey; Indicators
Macro-Indicators of Economic Growth, Unemployment and the Quality of DemocracyEmpirical Results; Effects of the Economic Perceptions of MPs on Political Legitimacy; Confidence in Political Parties; Evaluation of the Political System's Democratic Performance; Support for Democracy; Preliminary Summary and Multivariate Analysis; Conclusions; References; Unravelling Unchanged Supranational Commitment of National Political Elites During the Eurozone Crisis; Introduction; Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses; Preference for Further Integration without Supranationalism?; Rising Euroscepticism?
Party or Individual-level Determinants of Supranational Attitudes?Data and Method; Dimensions of Supranationalism -- Dependent Variables; A Regression Approach -- Explanatory Variables; Determinants of the Attitudes -- The Results of the Regression Models; Discussion/Conclusions; References; The Political Elite and Trust in EU Institutions after the Crisis. A Comparative Analysis of the Hungarian Case; Introduction: The Problem and Its Theoretical Background; The Hungarian Case -- A Retrospection; Data and Comparative Frame
The Trust of National Political Elites in European Institutions Before and After the 2008 Economic CrisisTrust in European Institutions: The Internal Divide of Hungarian Elite Groups; The Elite-Population Gap Concerning Supranational Trust; Conclusion; References; PART II: ELITE RECRUITMENT AND MOBILITY; The (Re- )Production of Elites in Private and Public Boarding Schools: Comparative Perspectives on Elite Education in Germany; Introduction; Educating a Responsible Elite on Exclusive Boarding Schools -- Empirical Insights; Research Design and Methodological Approach
Introduction of the Private and State-run School -- Educational Philosophies and Concepts of Elite
Summary The present volume of Comparative Social Researchoffers a broad set of comparative studies of elites, stretching from the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt to women's political leadership in Brazil and Germany, via attainment of elite positions among minorities in France and the US
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references and index
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Subject Elite (Social sciences) -- Political activity
Democracy.
Social classes.
Social Science, Social Classes.
Democracy
Elite (Social sciences) -- Political activity
Form Electronic book
Author Engelstad, Fredrik, 1944- editor.
Gulbrandsen, Trygve, editor
Mangset, Marte, editor
Teigen, Mari, editor
ISBN 9781838679156
1838679154
1838679170
9781838679170