Titlebook: Political Elites in the Transatlantic Crisis; Heinrich Best (Professor of Sociology),John Higley Book 2014 Palgrave Macmillan, a division

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Structure and Agency: Lessons from Pareto on the Study of Elites, Democracy and Crisis,rces, which stretch over time and space and encompass a multitude of human actions, are not ‘observable’ in the obvious sense of that word. Grasping the underlying logic of the social system requires an analyst to go beyond what is strictly speaking observable or in Marxist parlance, beyond surface appearances.

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,Is ‘Europe’ the Lesser Evil? Limits of Elite Crisis Resolution in a Limitless Crisis,this in ‘challenge and response’ terminology, responses to the initial stage of crisis created second-order challenges, which led to responses that created further challenges … and so on (Shambaugh, 2012).

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,Facing the Crisis: The European Elite System’s Changing Geometry,l paralysis can-not be dismissed. A major crisis thus produces serious challenges for the elites governing a democratic polity. Are established elites able to produce all the changes required? Have they a sufficient understanding of the novel crisis situation? Are they able to make u-turns in important policies?

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atched in severity since the Great Depression. Leading scholars of elites analyze how elites have responded to the crisis, are altered by it and what this ‘hour of elites‘ means for democracy.978-1-349-46663-4978-1-137-34575-2