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40. Political Elites Beyond the Nation State

Author : Maurizio Cotta

Published in: The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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The configuration of political elites reflects the basic configuration of the dominant political order. The prevailing nation- state model in the last two centuries has produced a nationalization of political elites. The weaknesses of the state model and the increasing importance today of international and supranational forms of governance have opened the space to new internationalized and supranational elites. Their configurations, patterns of recruitment and careers, resources, and their relationships with national elites are increasingly important topics to understand the functioning of contemporary politics.

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Title: Political Elites Beyond the Nation State
Author: Maurizio Cotta
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_40