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The globalization of capital has fostered a 'below the radar' global elite that occasionally surfaces at global events, such as Davos and the Bilderberg gatherings. Global Elites: The Opaque Nature of Transnational Policy Determination draws attention to the extensive reach of an emergent ruling class of political, financial and corporate interests. This original collection from internationally renowned authors captures the nature of elites across varying cultural regimes. In this text, the rich history of elites and their shaping of world affairs, even in times of rudimentary technology, is balanced by insightful studies of elites today. The rich, the famous, the entrepreneurial and even the migrants are scrutinised. The critical question is what do elites really contribute? Certainly their philanthropic effort is evident, but so too is their inclination for self absorption. This expoš of the global class is penetratingly illuminating, especially the conclusion that chaos could be the order of the day, if global elite networks lacked cohesion.

Preliminary Material /Laurens E. Tacoma -- INTRODUCTION /Laurens E. Tacoma -- POPULATION AND URBANISATION /Laurens E. Tacoma -- THE URBAN SYSTEM /Laurens E. Tacoma -- THE DISTRIBUTION OF INEQUALITY /Laurens E. Tacoma -- ELITE FORMATION /Laurens E. Tacoma -- CYCICAL MOBILITY /Laurens E. Tacoma -- ELITE DEMOGRAPHY /Laurens E. Tacoma -- PROPERTY TRANSMISSION /Laurens E. Tacoma -- CONTINUITY AND RENEWAL /Laurens E. Tacoma -- CONCLUSION /Laurens E. Tacoma -- THE COUNCILLORS OF OXYRHYNCHOS IN THE THIRD CENTURY /Laurens E. Tacoma -- CONVENTIONS /Laurens E. Tacoma -- BIBLIOGRAPHY /Laurens E. Tacoma -- INDEX OF PLACES /Laurens E. Tacoma -- INDEX OF SOURCES /Laurens E. Tacoma -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS /Laurens E. Tacoma.

The literature on China's social stratification and mobility has discussed the roles of family background and an individual's education attainment. This article aims to extend the existing literature by examining the interplay of these two aspects in fostering a homogeneous group of scientists, the members (yuanshi) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS,Zhongguo kexueyuan). Since its establishment in 1955, honorific CAS membership has been awarded to outstanding Chinese scientists in their respective fields. As of the end of 1997, a total of 859 Chinese natural scientists, including 40 women, had been elected to the five Academic Divisions of the CAS – Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, and Technological Sciences (Table 1) – of whom 610 were alive. They have been renowned, nationally if not internationally, for their academic achievements and contributions, and they have a reputation and prestige similar to those enjoyed by their counterparts in other countries, such as members of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States and fellows of the Royal Society in Britain. Because the occupational prestige of scientists is very high in China, as it is in other countries, and following similar research on the scientific elite, it is reasonable to define CAS members as the Chinese scientific elite.

Based on two unique survey studies of elites in Norway, this book examines whether elite attitudes towards central national issues have changed in the wake of international and national events and developments since 2000. The chapters examine elite integration and relations between elites and citizens in Norway as a means to discuss the continued viability of the Nordic welfare state model. This insight into how elites relate to central issues in Norwegian society and how they look upon citizens' political interest and competence in general, will be of interest toacademics within sociology and political science, as well as journalists and commentators and policy makers.

Aus der Einleitung: Diese Untersuchung befaßt sich mit den Wandlungen der deutschen Elite. Sie will damit einen Beitrag zur empirischen Eliteforschung liefern. Sie bearbeitet dabei einen historischen Gegenstand mit soziologischen Methoden und Kategorien und diskutiert die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen dieses Ansatzes. Die drei elementaren Fragen hierbei: Wie haben sich Spitzenpositionen der deutschen Gesellschaft in der Zeit von 1919 bis 1961 entwickelt und verändert? Welche Personen und Gruppen haben die Spitzenpositionen besetzt, wie verlief ihr Aufstieg und wie sah ihr Abgang aus? Welches sind die sozialen Merkmale der Führungsgruppen in der Weimarer Republik, im Dritten Reich und in der Bundesrepublik? Dies wird anhand eines Samples von mehr als 2000 Personen untersucht, die zwischen 1919 und 1961 rund 300 ausgewählte Spitzenpositionen eingenommen hatten.

Chile emerged from military rule in the 1990s as a leader of free market economic reform and democratic stability, and other countries now look to it for lessons in policy design, sequencing, and timing. Explanations for economic change in Chile generally focus on strong authoritarianism under General Augusto Pinochet and the insulation of policymakers from the influence of social groups, especially business and landowners. In this book Eduardo Silva argues that such a view underplays the role of entrepreneurs and landowners in Chile's neoliberal transformation and, hence, their potential effect on economic reform elsewhere. He shows how shifting coalitions of businesspeople and landowners with varying power resources influenced policy formulation and affected policy outcomes. He then examines the consequences of coalitional shifts for Chile's transition to democracy, arguing that the absence of a multiclass opposition that included captialists facilitated a political transition based on the authoritarian constitution of 1980 and inhibited its alternative. This situation helped to define the current style of consensual politics that, with respect to the question of social equity, has deepened a neoliberal model of welfare statism, rather than advanced a social democratic one.