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Elite foundations of liberal democracy /
"This study argues that political regimes are created and sustained by elites. Liberal democracies are no exception; they depend, above all, on the formation and persistence of consensually united elites. John Higley and Michael Burton explore the circumstances and ways in which such elites hav...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,
[2006]
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| Colección: | Elite transformations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This study argues that political regimes are created and sustained by elites. Liberal democracies are no exception; they depend, above all, on the formation and persistence of consensually united elites. John Higley and Michael Burton explore the circumstances and ways in which such elites have formed in the modern world. They identify pressures that may cause a basic change in the structure and functioning of elites in established liberal democracies, and they ask if the elites clustered around George W. Bush are a harbinger of this change. The authors' argument reframes our thinking about liberal democracy and questions optimistic assumptions about the prospects for its spread in the twenty-first century."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 229 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780742568556 0742568555 |