Elite Pluralism And Class Rule

Author : Jayant Lele
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1981-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487586577

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Elite Pluralism and Class Rule by Jayant Lele Pdf

Based on a study of recent political behaviour in a rural region of India, the author presents a critique of pluralist theories of democracy and advances a new approach to political sociology. Professor Lele insists that the politicians of Maharashtra sustain, however dispersed, a hegemonic class rule. The processes of development and modernization directly serve strategies of private gain through the public sphere; the elites continue to enclose the public sphere while propagating the myth of open competition. Case studies of local, state, and national politicans illustrate this behaviour and show how competition between powerful alliances is effectively moderated. The concluding section proposes a new comparative approach to political sociology. It demonstrates the inherent contradiction between domination and community, and argues for a historical analysis of the rise and fall of classes and ideologies. Professor Lele challenges the emphasis on modernization and instrumentality in contemporary social science, and suggests that the insights of Marx and Weber can lead to a more previse and universal framework for the study of societies.

Author : Kenneth Prewitt,Alan Stone
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015059537178

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The Ruling Elites: Elite Theory, Power, and American Democracy by Kenneth Prewitt,Alan Stone Pdf

Author : David Smit
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000587890

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Authoritarianism and Class in American Political Fiction by David Smit Pdf

This book analyzes what many critics consider to be the three best examples of modern American political fiction—Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, Edwin O’Connor’s The Last Hurrah, and Billy Lee Brammer’s The Gay Place—to address a specific problem in American governance: how the intense competition for power among elite factions often results in their ignoring major groups of their constituents, thereby providing political bosses with a rationale to seize authoritarian control of the government in the name of constituent groups who feel ignored or neglected, promising them more democratic rule, but in the process, excluding other groups, so that the bosses themselves become elitist, ruling only for the sake of some constituents and not others.

Author : Phil Harris,Alberto Bitonti,Craig S. Fleisher,Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1532 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030445560

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The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs by Phil Harris,Alberto Bitonti,Craig S. Fleisher,Anne Skorkjær Binderkrantz Pdf

The growing need for a concise and comprehensive overview of the world of interest groups, lobbying, and public affairs called for a compendium of existing research, key theories, concepts, and case studies. This project is the first transnational encyclopedia to offer such an interdisciplinary and wide overview of these topics, including perspectives on public relations, crisis management, communication studies, as well as political science, political marketing, and policy studies. It is an interdisciplinary work, which involved an extraordinary pool of contributors made up of leading scholars and practitioners from all around the globe; it is a live and evolving project focused on drawing together grounded international knowledge for our diverse and developing world. The 200+ entries of the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs (to be found as a live reference work online here, and in two print volumes in 2022) address these research avenues, tackling a growing demand for a comprehensive international reference work regarding key global sectors and policymaking structures, looking beyond the traditional markets of Europe and North America to incorporate practice and research from Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America. This encyclopedia acts as a synthesis of existing research, and aims to aid academics, students, and practitioners navigate their relevant fields around the globe.

Author : Geraint Parry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015000908619

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Political Elites by Geraint Parry Pdf

Political Elites, first published in 1969, reviews the literature on the role of elites in politics. It deals with both the 'classic' elite theorists -- Mosca, Pareto, Michels, Burnham and C. Wright Mills -- and with many of the empirical and theoretical works on elites by modern political scientists and sociologists. It seeks to clarify the central terms of elite discourse, some of which have entered the everyday political vocabulary -- 'elitism', 'power elite', 'establishment', 'elite consensus', 'iron law of oligarchy' and 'mass'. It explores the ways in which the descriptions of power relationships can subtly be infiltrated by the values of the observers.

Author : Glen Krutz,Sylvie Waskiewicz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1738998479

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American Government 3e by Glen Krutz,Sylvie Waskiewicz Pdf

Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.

Author : John Echeverri-Gent
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520913264

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The State and the Poor by John Echeverri-Gent Pdf

This comparison of rural development in India and the United States develops important departures from economic and historical institutionalism. It elaborates a new conceptual framework for analyzing state-society relations beginning from the premise that policy implementation, as the site of tangible exchanges between state and society, provides strategic interaction among self-interested individuals, social groups, and bureaucracies. It demonstrates how this interaction can be harnessed to enhance the effectiveness of public policy. Echeverri-Gent's application of this framework to poverty alleviation programs generates provocative insights about the ways in which institutions and social structure constrain policy-makers. In the process, he illuminates new implications for the concepts of state autonomy and state capacity. The book's original conceptual framework and intriguing findings will interest scholars of South Asia and American politics, social theorists, and policy-makers.

Author : Robert Alan Dahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1330002784

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Who Governs? by Robert Alan Dahl Pdf

Author : F. Quadir,J. Lele
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230523753

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Democracy and Civil Society in Asia: Volume 1 by F. Quadir,J. Lele Pdf

This edited volume brings together a number of well-known scholars and activists from various parts of the world to present critical perspectives on recent and long term trends in the economic, socio-cultural and political life of the people of Asia and examines the policies and constraints faced by the nation-states of the region. It contributes to and enriches the current debates on globalization, the prospects for democracy, and sustainable human development. The book offers an incisive assessment of the role of civil society in creating a democratic political culture in Asia.

Author : C.WRIGHT MILLS
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE POWER ELITE by C.WRIGHT MILLS Pdf

Author : Tony Lawson,Marsha Jones,Ruth Moores
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 019913409X

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Advanced Sociology Through Diagrams by Tony Lawson,Marsha Jones,Ruth Moores Pdf

This book is intended for a-level sociology students.

Author : Berch Berberoglu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317254041

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Political Sociology in a Global Era by Berch Berberoglu Pdf

Political Sociology in a Global Era provides a critical analysis of the origins, nature, development, and transformation of the state and society historically and today, examining the class nature and social basis of politics and the state in different societal settings. The book emphasizes the centrality of class relations in explaining political power and the role of the state in class-divided societies by providing powerful theoretical and empirical analyses of themes in political sociology in an era of globalization. It examines in detail the major political issues and events of our time, and makes them relevant to the study of power and politics today. Some of the features of this text include: Introduces a global political sociology emphasizing the dynamics of power relations Provides a critical analysis of the role of politics and the state within the world-historical process Describes classical and contemporary theories of politics and the state Explains the origins and development of the state, discussing the nature of the state, its class basis, and contradictions in different types of societies Considers the dynamics of the capitalist state and traces its development in Europe and the United States from the 18th century to the present Details the role of the advanced capitalist state in the global political economy at the current, advanced stage of late capitalism Discusses the social movements that have been actively struggling against the capitalist state from earlier times to the present, including the Arab Spring, focusing on recent developments in both advanced capitalist and less-developed capitalist societies where mobilization of the masses has led to struggles against the capitalist state on a global scale Offers an original analysis of global capitalism and places it in the context of the current crisis of the global capitalist system

Author : Thomas Janoski,Robert R. Alford,Alexander M. Hicks,Mildred A. Schwartz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139443577

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The Handbook of Political Sociology by Thomas Janoski,Robert R. Alford,Alexander M. Hicks,Mildred A. Schwartz Pdf

This Handbook provides a complete survey of the vibrant field of political sociology. Part I explores the theories of political sociology. Part II focuses on the formation, transitions, and regime structure of the state. Part III takes up various aspects of the state that respond to pressures from civil society.

Author : John R Wood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000313062

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State Politics In Contemporary India by John R Wood Pdf

This volume grew out of a panel on Indian state politics presented at the thirty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 1984. Brass, Kohli, Manor and Wood gave papers and Church served as discussant; subsequently, Blair, who chaired the panel, and Lele and Varkey generously offered to participate as well. All of the papers were revised and edited speedily in order to take advantage of Westview Press' rapid publication and distribution through the Replica Edition process.

Author : Eva Etzioni-Halevy
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412823862

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Fragile Democracy by Eva Etzioni-Halevy Pdf

For more than a generation now, there has been a competition between two alternative theories of the nature of power in Western democracies: the pluralist model and the critical or elite model (including Marxism). Etzioni-Halevy develops a third or democratic- elite model, based on historical and comparative perspectives. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)