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28. Models of Elite Integration

Author : Fredrik Engelstad

Published in: The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Abstract

In this chapter, elites are associated with the possession of decisive political power that gives them disproportionate influence on political and social outcomes. Two opposing views of elite power in democracies are found in the literature. One is of a coalescent power structure or “power elite” and the other is of a pluralistic power structure consisting of elite groups located in diverse economic, governmental, military, media, scientific, and other sectors. The accuracy of these two conflicting views of elite power is treated as an empirical question and takes the pluralist view as the point of departure without, however, ruling out the coalescent view.

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Title: Models of Elite Integration
Author: Fredrik Engelstad
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Book: The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites
Print ISBN: 978-1-137-51903-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-137-51904-7

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51904-7_28