232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Social scientists are concerned with élites of many kinds - bureaucracies, military oligarchies, political leaders and the like. The study of élites is frequently characterised by a certain suspicion, and the tone of the enquirer’s description and discussion of such groups is often sceptical if not actually hostile. While not simply an attempt to redress the balance, this book is intended to... Read more
Contents: Introduction: Theories of Elites; Elitism by Birth: The Hindu Caste System; Elitism by Class: Social Differentiation in Classical Greece; Elitism by Selection: Byzantine Bureaucracy; Elitism by Race: Europeans and Early Colonial America; Elitism by Moral Right: Europeans and Early Colonial Contacts; Elitism by Special Election: The Millenarian Phenomenon; Elitism by Conquest: The Tragedy of Cambodia; Elitism and Ecclesiastical Authority: The Church and Medieval Heresy; Elitism by Sex: The Gender Issue; Elitism by Party: National Socialism in Germany 1920-45; Elitism by Economic Status: The Western "Models" Problem; Elitism by Culture: The Mass Culture Debate; Elitism by Education: The Status of the Science Issue; Postscript; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Eric Carlton
