Elites and people : challenges to democracy

• Other Authors: Engelstad, Fredrik (Editor), Gulbrandsen, Trygve (Editor), Mangset, Marte (Editor), Teigen, Mari (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Series: Comparative social research ; v. 34.
• Subjects: Elite (Social sciences) > Political activity.; Democracy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781838679156; 9781838679170
• ISSN: 0195-6310 ;
• DOI: 10.1108/S0195-6310201934
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) ; cm.

This volume contains an Open Access chapter. Relationships between elites and democracy have always been strained. The very concept of elites - of 'chosen people' - stands in contradiction to democratic ideals of political equality. Simultaneously, they are necessary parts of democratic so...