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  • Western Elites and Societies in Twenty-First Century Politics
    John Higley
    This book focuses on threats to the continued viability of Western institutions and practices for which it is not easy to conceive remedies consistent with the Western tradition. Higley argues that structural difficulties in postindustrial societies, particularly the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and elsewhere, threatened troubles that political manipulation by eli...
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    145,37 €

  • Elites, Non-Elites, and Political Realism
    John Higley
    This fearless study offers a broad and realistic understanding of what is and isn’t possible in modern politics. Higley contends that stable liberal democracy is possible only when elites, although always self-interested, are unified and drive a coherent political agenda. Without this vital component, the prospects for lasting democracy grow dim. ...
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    122,10 €

  • Elites, Non-Elites, and Political Realism
    John Higley
    This fearless study offers a broad and realistic understanding of what is and isn’t possible in modern politics. Higley contends that stable liberal democracy is possible only when elites, although always self-interested, are unified and drive a coherent political agenda. Without this vital component, the prospects for lasting democracy grow dim. ...
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    46,36 €

  • The Endangered West
    John Higley
    Bold political elites and unique forms of social order brought the West to world dominance, but both are weakening dramatically in the contemporary period. ...
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    268,05 €

  • The Endangered West
    John Higley
    Bold political elites and unique forms of social order brought the West to world dominance, but both are weakening dramatically in the contemporary period. ...
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    92,21 €

  • Elitism (Routledge Revivals)
    G Lowell Field / G. Lowell Field / John Higley
    First published in 1980, this book presents an important critique of prevailing political doctrine in Western societies at a time of major change in circumstances of Western civilization. G. Lowell Field and John Higley stress the importance of a more realistic appraisal of elite and mass roles in politics, arguing that political stability and any real degree of representative ...
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    77,76 €

  • Elite Foundations of Liberal Democracy
    John Higley / Michael Burton
    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...
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    61,34 €

  • Elite Foundations of Liberal Democracy
    John Higley / Michael Burton
    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...
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    156,81 €

  • Elites after State Socialism
    Gyhorgy Lengyel / John Higley
    This distinctive book presents valuable new research on the political and economic elites that have emerged in Central and Eastern Europe since the demise of state socialism. Integrating theoretically informed analysis with fresh empirical data, the contributors significantly enhance our understanding of the evolution and interplay of elites in the post-communist period. ...
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    77,82 €

  • Eliten und Liberalismus
    George Lowell Field / John Higley
    Bei keinem Eliten-Theoretiker wurde bisher die eigene privilegierte Position be­ rucksichtigt und gefragt, unterwelchen wirtschaftlichen Umstanden welche Form von Elite den gewunschten Standard des gesamten gesellschaftlichen Lebens - Recht, Freiheit, Meinungsfreiheit eingeschlossen - erst ermoglicht. Die Autoren der hier ubersetzt vorliegenden Studie...
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    73,09 €