Comparative studies of social and political elites
By: edited by Fredrik Engelstad, Trygve Gulbrandsen.
Contributors: Engelstad, Fredrik, 1944-; Gulbrandsen, Trygve.
Series: Comparative social research -- v. 23
Publisher: Elsevier JAI
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780762313792
Subjects: Elite (Social sciences) -- Europe, Northern -- Cross-cultural studies; Democracy -- Europe, Northern; Elite (Social sciences) -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies; Democracy -- Europe
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I.; title: Elite recruitment.; title: Left-right-left? The march of female representatives into European parliaments and the role of leftist party affiliations -- Verona Christmas-Best; title: Elite transformation in Denmark 1932-1999 -- Peter Munk Christiansen and Lise Togeby; title: Importance of contacts and women's political representation : a study of Sweden and Norway -- Birgitta Niklasson -- Part II.; title: Elites: motivation and action.; title: Do elite beliefs matter? Elites and economic reforms in the Baltic States and Russia -- Anton Steen; title: Consensus or polarization? Business and labour elites in Germany and Norway -- Trygve Gulbrandsen and Ursula Hoffmann-Lange; title: Domestic elites in the transformation of the "European polity" : the case of Italy -- Maurizio Cotta; title: Political elites and conspicuous modesty: Norway, Sweden, Finland in comparative perspective -- Jean-Pascal Daloz; title: Seductive heroes and ordinary human beings : charismatic political leadership in France and Norway -- Anne Krogstad and Aagoth Storvik -- Part III. Review section:; title: elites and democracy.; title: Democracy and elites -- John Higley; title: Elites and democracy : are they compatible?-- Ilkka Ruostetsaari.