Elites : choice, leadership and succession
Wealth and power characterize elites, yet despite the strong cultural influences they exert, their study remains underdeveloped. Partly because of complications resulting from access, scholars have tended to focus on groups affected by elite governance rather than on elites themselves. It is often o...
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| Formato: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Lisboa :
Etnográfica Press
2019.
Marseille : OpenEdition |
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| Acceso en liña: | Ressource accessible en libre accès Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM ; Accès complet au document dans sa version HTML. Pas d'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub). |
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Description d'après la consultation, 2019-02-07 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 256 p. OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Elites, choice, leadership and succession, ed.by João de Pina-Cabral and Antonia Pedroso de Lima, Oxford, Berg, 2000, XI-253 p., 1-85973-394-8 |
| Résumé: | Wealth and power characterize elites, yet despite the strong cultural influences they exert, their study remains underdeveloped. Partly because of complications resulting from access, scholars have tended to focus on groups affected by elite governance rather than on elites themselves. It is often overlooked that, in order to continue through time, elites have to empower new members. Choice has to be exercised over who achieves leadership, both by reference to the elite group itself and to the wider group over which it holds power. This book fills a gap in the current literature by providing the first rigorous interrogation of the choice and succession strategies of elites in various cultural contexts - from the transmission and preservation of financial power in urban contexts to the complex relation between subjectivity and the transmission of leadership positions in places as varied as the United States, Northern Italy and Lisbon. Various elite succession types are discussed, from self-avowedly 'traditional' leaders to the aristocracy, where choice is practically non-existent, to situations where leaders are elected from amongst a group of peers. The relationship between familial property and choice of successor in landholding families, small business enterprises, and peasant communities is also examined, as are ethnic monopolies |
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| descrición da copia: | Description d'après la consultation, 2019-02-07 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 256 p. OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Formato: | Navigateur Web |
| Bibliografía: | Bibliogr. p. 237-248. Index |
| ISBN: | 9791036516344 |
| Acceso: | L'accès complet au document est ouvert à tous dans sa version HTML. L'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub) est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition. |