Elites, Nonelites, and Power
The Critical Legacy of Elite Theory from Marx to Lachmann, and Then Beyond
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In a world of vertiginous inequality, escalating ecological disaster, and extraordinary political and economic turbulence generated by a winner-take-all society seemingly designed to concentrate privilege and power in the hands of a very few, the central question that faces social science, and indeed the world, is whether social protest will change anything, or whether elites will continue to lead the planet and its population to disaster.
All important topics of contemporary social science, including racial justice, environmental change, immigration, economic inequality, and education, to name a few, revolve around this issue. Elites, Nonelites, and Power explores how the question of the power of elites, and the conditions under which that power might be tamed, lie at the heart of social science today. Bringing together a cutting-edge set of multidisciplinary papers on power, elites, and nonelites, that weigh in on these central issues of the world and social science, the collection consider these topics in a new, inclusive way, by drawing in researchers who deal with topics central to elite theory, but who might not be represented in more classic statements of it.
A “go to” piece for several generations of scholars, this is a compelling volume for scholars across the social sciences interested in elite theory.
Section 1. The Powers of Elites and Nonelites
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Relational Power Theory: Elites and Nonelites; Rebecca Jean Emigh and Dylan Riley
- Chapter 2. Streets and Elites: Corruption Grievances in Contemporary Revolutions; Colin J. Beck and Mlada Bukovansky
- Chapter 3. Asian Art Patronage: Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Legitimation; Patricia A. Banks
- Chapter 4. Decolonizing Porto? Thinking on the Portuguese “Unfinished” Decolonization Process from a Collaborative Action-Research Project with the City’s Black Communities; Lígia Ferro, Beatriz Lacerda, Lydia Matthews, and Susan Meiselas
- Section 2. Elites and Social Transformations
- Chapter 5. Elite Conflict and Industry Regulation: How Political Polarization Affects Local Restriction and State Preemption of the U.S. Hydraulic Fracturing Industry; Lori Qingyuan Yue and Yuni Wen
- Chapter 6. Elite Politics and Economic Crisis: Hyperinflation in Argentina, 1989-1990; Tod S. Van Gunten
- Chapter 7. Elites, Colonialism, and Property Rights in Historical Perspective; Abhishek Chatterjee
- Chapter 8. Do Events Shape Race? A Comparative-Historical Examination of the Catholic Irish in 17th-Century Barbados and Montserrat; Caroline Virginia Reilly
- Chapter 9. Historical Trajectories of Official Information Gathering in India; Patricia Ahmed, Rebecca Jean Emigh, and Dylan Riley
Rebecca Jean Emigh is Professor of Sociology at The University of California, Los Angeles, USA. She is a comparative historical sociologist who specializes in long-term social change and the author of multiple prize-winning articles and books on a range of topics, including capitalism, censuses, social theory, and historical demography.
Dylan Riley is Professor of Sociology at The University of California, Berkeley and author of The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe and Antecedents of Censuses and Changes in Censuses.