Elite foundations of liberal democracy /

Elite foundations of liberal democracy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Higley, John.
Imprint:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 229 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Elite transformations Elite transformations.
Subject:	Elite (Social sciences) Democracy. Democracy. Elite (Social sciences) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11183155

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Other authors / contributors:	Burton, Michael G., 1940-
ISBN:	9780742568556 0742568555 0742553604 9780742553606 0742553612 9780742553613
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This compelling and convincing study, the capstone of decades of research, 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 cluster around George W. Bush are a harbinger of thi.
Other form:	Print version: Higley, John. Elite foundations of liberal democracy. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2006 0742553604 9780742553606

Table of Contents:

Elites and regimes
Disunited elites and unstable regimes
Settlements among disunited elites
Colonial origins of consensually united elites
Convergences among disunited elites
Elites and liberal democratic prospects.