The Contested Status of Political Elites - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Contested Status of Political Elites write by Lars Vogel. This book was released on 2018-07-17. The Contested Status of Political Elites available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy
Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy write by Michael Albertus. This book was released on 2018-01-25. Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book argues that - in terms of institutional design, the allocation of power and privilege, and the lived experiences of citizens - democracy often does not restart the political game after displacing authoritarianism. Democratic institutions are frequently designed by the outgoing authoritarian regime to shield incumbent elites from the rule of law and give them an unfair advantage over politics and the economy after democratization. Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy systematically documents and analyzes the constitutional tools that outgoing authoritarian elites use to accomplish these ends, such as electoral system design, legislative appointments, federalism, legal immunities, constitutional tribunal design, and supermajority thresholds for change. The study provides wide-ranging evidence for these claims using data that spans the globe and dates from 1800 to the present. Albertus and Menaldo also conduct detailed case studies of Chile and Sweden. In doing so, they explain why some democracies successfully overhaul their elite-biased constitutions for more egalitarian social contracts.
Political Capitalism
Political Capitalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Political Capitalism write by Randall G. Holcombe. This book was released on 2018-07-19. Political Capitalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Problems associated with cronyism, corporatism, and policies that favor the elite over the masses have received increasing attention in recent years. Political Capitalism explains that what people often view as the result of corruption and unethical behavior are symptoms of a distinct system of political economy. The symptoms of political capitalism are often viewed as the result of government intervention in a market economy, or as attributes of a capitalist economy itself. Randall G. Holcombe combines well-established theories in economics and the social sciences to show that political capitalism is not a mixed economy, or government intervention in a market economy, or some intermediate step between capitalism and socialism. After developing the economic theory of political capitalism, Holcombe goes on to explain how changes in political ideology have facilitated the growth of political capitalism, and what can be done to redirect public policy back toward the public interest.
Parties, Governments and Elites
Parties, Governments and Elites - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Parties, Governments and Elites write by Philipp Harfst. This book was released on 2017-04-26. Parties, Governments and Elites available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Parties, governments and elites are at the core of the study of democracy. The traditional view is that parties as collective actors play a paramount role in the democratic process. However, this classical perspective has been challenged by political actors, observers of modern democracy as well as political scientists. Modern political parties assume different roles, contemporary leaders can more heavily influence politics, governments face new constraints and new collective bodies continue to form, propose new ways of participation and policy making, and attract citizens and activists. In the light of these observations, the comparative study of democracy faces a number of important and still largely unsolved questions that the present volume will address.
Private Wealth and Public Revenue
Private Wealth and Public Revenue - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Private Wealth and Public Revenue write by Tasha Fairfield. This book was released on 2015-03-05. Private Wealth and Public Revenue available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book identifies sources of power that help business and economic elites influence policy decisions.
