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Title Democratic elitism : new theoretical and comparative perspectives / edited by Heinrich Best and John Higley.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 235 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series International studies in sociology and social anthropology, 0074-8684 ; v. 111
International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 111.
Note Selected papers from an international conference took place during June 2007 in the Old Castle of Dornburg, Germany.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. Democratic Elitism Reappraised / Heinrich Best and John Higley -- pt. I. Democratic Elitism: Theoretical Perspectives -- "They Ain't Making Elites Like They Used To": The Never Ending Trouble with Democratic Elitism / Jens Borchert -- Beyond the Happy Consensus about Democratic Elitism / Andras Korosenyi -- Democratic Elitism -- Conflict and Consensus / Fredrik Engelstad -- Elites' Illusions about Democracy / John Higley -- pt. II. Democratic Elitism: Comparative Perspectives -- Associated Rivals: Antagonism and Cooperation in the German Political Elite / Heinrich Best -- Political versus Media Elites in Norway / Trygve Gulbrandsen -- Elite Formation and Democratic Elitism in Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparative Analysis / Michael Edinger -- Hungary: Between Consolidated and Simulated Democracy / Gyorgy Lengyel and Gabriella Ilonszki -- Assault on Democratic Elitism in Poland / Jacek Wasilewski -- Democracy by Elite Co-optation: Democratic Elitism in Multi-Ethnic States / Anton Steen and Mindaugas Kuklys -- Epilogue: Democratic Elitism and Western Political Thought / John Higley.
Summary "Joseph Schumpeter's 'competitive theory of democracy' - often labeled democratic elitism - has struck many as an apt and insightful description of how representative democracy works, even though convinced democrats detect an elitist thrust they find disturbing. But neither Schumpeter nor subsequent defenders of democratic elitism have paid enough attention to actual behaviors of leaders and elites. Attention has been riveted on how adequately democratic elitism captures the relationship between governors and governed in its insistence that competitive elections prevent the relationship from being one-way, that is, leaders and elites largely unaccountable to passive and submissive voters. Why and how leaders and elites create and sustain competitive elections, what happens if their competitions become excessively stage-managed or belligerent - how, in short, leaders and elites really act - are some of the issues this book addresses."--Jacket.
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Subject Democracy -- Congresses.
Democracy.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Congresses.
Elite (Social sciences)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- Conference proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books -- Conference proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Best, Heinrich.
Higley, John.
Other Form: Print version: Democratic elitism. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004179394 (DLC) 2009041610 (OCoLC)457010502
ISBN 9789047441748 (electronic book)
9047441745 (electronic book)
9789004179394 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004179399 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1282786458
9781282786455
Standard No. 9786612786457