Elites

Choice, Leadership and Succession
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-85973-394-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Wealth and power characterize elites, yet despite the strong cultural influences they exert, their study remains underdeveloped. Partly because of complications resulting from access, scholars have tended to focus on groups affected by elite governance rather than on elites themselves. It is often overlooked that, in order to continue through time, elites have toempower new members. Choice has to be exercised over who achieves leadership, both by reference to the elite group itself and to the wider group over which it holds power. This book fills a gap in the current literature by providing the first rigorous interrogation of the choice and succession strategies of elites in various cultural contexts - from the transmission and preservation of financial power in urban contexts to the complex relation between subjectivity and the transmission of leadership positions in places as varied as the United States, Northern Italy and Lisbon. Various elite succession types are discussed, from self-avowedly 'traditional' leaders to the aristocracy, where choice is practically non-existent, to situations where leaders are elected from among a group of peers. The relationship between familial property and choice of successor in landholding families, small business enterprises, and peasant communities is also examined, as are ethnic monopolies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Pina-Cabral, João

Pedroso de Lima, Antónia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Dynastic Sentiments I The Deep Legacies of Dynastic Subjectivity: The Resonances of a Famous Family Identity in Private and Public Spheres 2 'How Did I Become a Leader in My Family Firm?' Assets for Succession in Contemporary Lisbon Financial Elites 3 Patriarchal Desire: Law and Sentiments of Succession in Italian Capitalist Families Part II Choice and Tradition 4 Elite Succession among the Matrilineal Akan of Ghana 5 'Tradition' versus 'Politics': Succession Conflicts in a Chiefdom of North-western Ghana, 6 Making the Chief: An Examination of Why Fijian Chiefs Have To Be Elected Part III House and Heir 7 Aristocratic Succession in Portugal (From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries) 8 Family, Power and Property: Ascendancy and Decline of a Rural Elite Part IV Monopolies and Enclaves, 9 Re-serving Succession in a British Enclave 10 How Do the Macanese Achieve Collective Action? 11 Uncanny Success: Some Closing Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

João de Pina-Cabral University of Lisbon Antónia Pedroso de Lima University of Lisbon