The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites

Introduction to the Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites; Heinrich Best and John Higley.- Chapter 1: Introduction to Section I: The Development of Elite Theory; Jan Pakulski.- Chapter 2: Classical Elite Theory: Pareto and Weber; Jan Pakulski.- Chapter 3: Continuities and Discontinuities in Elite Theory; John Higley.- Chapter 4: Political Elites and Democracy; András Körösényi.- Chapter 5: Theory-Based Typologies of Political Elites; Ursula Hoffmann-Lange.- Chapter 6: Introduction to Section II: Research Methods for Studying Elites; Elena Semenova.- Chapter 7: Methods of Elite Identification; Ursula Hoffmann-Lange.- Chapter 8: Surveying & Observing Political Elites; Juan Rodríguez-Teruel and Jean-Pascal Daloz.- Chapter 9: Temporal Methods in Political Elite Studies; Sebastian Jäckle and Matthew Kerby.- Chapter 10: Analyses of Elite Networks; Franziska Barbara Keller.- Chapter 11: Introduction to Section III: Patterns of Political Elites; John Higley.- Chapter 12: Pre-Modern Power Elites: Princes, Courts, Intermediaries; Jeroen Duindam.- Chapter 13: Political Elites in the Middle East and North Africa; Clement Henry.- Chapter 14: Political Elites in South Asia; Philip Oldenburg.- Chapter 15: Political Elites in Southeast Asia; William Case.- Chapter 16: Political Elites in Sub-Saharan Africa; Jean-Pascal Daloz.- Chapter 17: Political Elites in Latin America; Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser.- Chapter 18: The Political Elite in Post-Soviet Russia; Peter Rutland.- Chapter 19: The PoliticalElite in China: A Dynamic Balance between Integration and Differentiation; Cheng Li.- Chapter 20: Political Elites in the West; John Higley.- Chapter 21: Introduction to Section IV: Elite sectors: Differentiation and Integration; Heinrich Best.- Chapter 22: Representative Elites; Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel.- Chapter 23: Executive Elites; Luca Verzichelli.- Chapter 24: Non-Elected Political Elites in EU; Niilo Kauppi and Mikael Rask Madsen.- Chapter 25: Economic Elites; Michael Hartmann.- Chapter 26: Media Elites; Eva Mayerhöffer & Barbara Pfetsch.- Chapter 27: Models of Elite Integration; Fredrik Engelstad.- Chapter 28: Introduction to Section V: Elite Attributes and Resources; Jean-Pascal Daloz & Ursula Hoffmann-Lange.- Chapter 29: The Personality Attributes of Political Elites; Gian Vittorio Caprara & Jo Silvester.- Chapter 30: Political and Social Backgrounds of Political Elites; Daniel Gaxie.- Chapter 31: Political Elites and Symbolic Superiority; Jean-Pascal Daloz.- Chapter 32: Norms and Orientations of Political Elites; Bernhard Weßels.- Chapter 33: Power Networks; David Knoke.- Chapter 34: Introduction to Section VI: Elite Dynamics and Dilemmas; Maurizio Cotta.- Chapter 35: Elite Circulation and Stability; Luca Verzichelli.- Chapter 36: Democratization: The Role of Elites; Philippe C. Schmitter.- Chapter 37: Sub-National Political Elites; Filippo Tronconi.- Chapter 38: Elites or Leadership? Opposite or Complementary Paradigms?; Jean Blondel.- Chapter 39: Political Elites Beyond The Nation State; Maurizio Cotta.