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Elite integration: an empirical study
Elitenintegration: eine empirische Studie
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Abstract
"Elite integration has been a central topic within research an elites. In this paper, theoretical ideas about factors behind elite cohesion are discussed and empirically tested. The analyses presented in the paper Show that ideological integration is strongest in elite groups where the share of memb... view more
"Elite integration has been a central topic within research an elites. In this paper, theoretical ideas about factors behind elite cohesion are discussed and empirically tested. The analyses presented in the paper Show that ideological integration is strongest in elite groups where the share of members with upper/upper middle class origin is highest. This finding is valid whether the elite groups are located to the left or to the right in the political landscape. Various explanations of the finding are discussed." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
elite; elite research; integration; theory of society; social class; middle class; Norway; church; public administration; culture; mass media; economy; economic elite; enterprise; university; research facility; police; military; politics; upper class; comparative political science
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical; historical; theory application
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 148-166
Journal
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 1
Issue topic
Elite foundations of social theory and politics / Elitetheoretische Grundlagen sozialwissenschaftlicher Theoriebildung und politischer Analyse
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.1.148-166
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed