Elites, nonelites, and power : the critical legacy of elite theory from Marx to Lachmann, and then beyond

In a world of vertiginous inequality, escalating ecological disaster, and extraordinary political and economic turbulence generated by a winner-take-all society seemingly designed to concentrate privilege and power in the hands of a very few, the central question that faces social science--and indee...

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Other Authors Emigh, Rebecca Jean (Editor), Riley, Dylan (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
SeriesPolitical power and social theory ; 41.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781837975853
DOI10.1108/S0198-8719202541
Physical Description1 online resource (312 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. The powers of elites and nonelites
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Relational power theory: Elites and nonelites / Rebecca Jean Emigh and Dylan Riley
  • Chapter 2. Streets and elites: Corruption grievances in contemporary revolutions / Colin J. Beck and Mlada Bukovansky
  • Chapter 3. Asian art patronage: Race, ethnicity, and cultural legitimation / Patricia A. Banks
  • Chapter 4. Decolonizing porto? Thinking on the portuguese "unfinished" decolonization process from a collaborative action-research project with the city's black communities / Lígia Ferro, Beatriz Lacerda, Lydia Matthews, and Susan Meiselas
  • Section 2. Elites and social transformations
  • Chapter 5. Elite conflict and industry regulation: How political polarization affects local restriction and state preemption of the u.s. Hydraulic fracturing industry / Lori Qingyuan Yue and Yuni Wen
  • Chapter 6. Elite politics and economic crisis: Hyperinflation in argentina, 1989-1990 / Tod S. Van Gunten
  • Chapter 7. Elites, colonialism, and property rights in historical perspective / Abhishek Chatterjee
  • Chapter 8. Do events shape race? A comparative-historical examination of the catholic Irish in 17th-century barbados and montserrat / Caroline Virginia Reilly
  • Chapter 9. Historical trajectories of official information gathering in India / Patricia Ahmed, Rebecca Jean Emigh, and Dylan Riley.