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Elites in French Society: The Politics of Survival
By (Author) Ezra N. Suleiman
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
19th May 2015
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Politics and government
305.520944
Paperback
316
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
425g
Why do some elites survive while others do not How do certain institutions manage to preserve their importance in the face of crises, instability, and change How does a democratic society legitimize elitist institutions Combining the use of important social theories--particularly those of Mosca, Schumpeter, Tocqueville, and Pareto--with empirica