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A shining city: the emphasis on aesthetics -- A privileged world: economic power and wealth -- Significant people and winners -- Sporty teenagers, winsome pensioners -- Fragrant, sociable personages -- Community and social partition -- Family life -- A lifestyle under threat -- Service staff -- Becoming an elite -- Judgement and fear of failure -- Tactics for success -- The rise of the "consecracy."

1. Introduction -- 2. The problem : establishing 'excellence' in socially stratified science -- 3. State of research : controversial ideas on science and public research in a global marketplace -- 4. Explaining social change by Europeanization of science : an analytical approach -- 5. Methodology : judging scientific 'excellence' -- 6. The social structure of the European research area : a country comparison -- 7. Knowledge of 'European excellence' : the grant-winning research -- 8. The cultural structure of the European research area at supranational level : the case of the European Research Council -- 9. The sampling : what is a scientific elite? -- 10. The grantees : social choice and mechanisms in elite career trajectories -- 11. The panellists : social choice and mechanisms in grant peer review -- 12. Social consequences and conclusions : cumulative advantage and the case of the European Research Council.

Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Critical Overview of Egypt's Media Market -- Egypt's neoliberal capitalism and the business elite -- Structural phases of the military's business empire -- A brief history of Egyptian media -- The business elite's interest in media control -- Teaming between investors and media personnel -- Shifting media ownership: from the business elite to the military -- Conclusion -- 3 A Political Economy of Egypt's Distorted Advertising Market -- Neoliberalization and the introduction of a new advertising market -- Advertising agencies and political propaganda under Mubarak -- The military as advertisers under al-Sisi -- Conclusion -- 4 Social Media as a Political Space -- The internet as a political space prior to 2011 -- Social media as a revolutionary messenger -- Militarizing social media: the business of e-committees -- Intensifying e-surveillance post 2013 -- Conclusion -- 5 The Fall of Mubarak and Morsi: A Review of News Coverage -- A review of the coverage of the uprising and Mubarak's fall -- A review of the coverage of the period following Mubarak's fall -- The emergence of Tamarod -- News framing of the coup and Morsi's fall -- A review of coverage of al-Sisi as 'the saviour' -- Conclusion -- 6 The Military as Media Producers: Politics and Drama on al-Sisi's TV -- Freedom of expression: only against the Muslim Brotherhood -- Violence against journalists: police and the 'Honourable Citizens -- Demonizing critical news outlets -- Military monopoly over the TV drama business -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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 empirical analysis, Ezra Suleiman tries to answer these questions in his examination of the dominance and stability of France's governing elites.The author draws on original survey data, historical evidence, and specialized documentary sources. His three part discussion deals, first, with the state institutions that nurture the French elite; second, with the organization, legitimization, and adaptation of the elite and its institutions; and third, with some of the policy and political implications of France's elitist system. In the final section of his book, he closely examines the relationship between elites in the public and private sectors. In his investigation of France's "state-created" elites, Professor Suleiman shows the great importance of the grandes écoles in training and promoting the elites, and the grand corps in providing a base from which the elites launch themselves into extra-governmental careers. He also finds that the elites' capacity to adapt to an evolving social, political, and economic environment is a major factor in their ability to survive.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The transformation from Communist rule towards democratic development in Russia cannot be fully understood without taking the elites into full consideration. Elites and Democratic Development in Russia examines how elites support and challenge democracy and why they are crucial to Russian democracy in particular. In this innovative volume, twelve respected scholars investigate how elites have affected the transition from Communist rule towards democratic development in Russia. They discuss how the elites' degree of integration on national and regional levels may constitute the main.

A study of twenty wealthy upper-class families during Pittsburgh's growth into an important commerical and industrial center. It shows how they succeeded in creating the institutions needed to sustain a local aristocracy and possessed the ability to adapt its accumulated advantages to social and economic changes

Hauptbeschreibung In seinem aktuellen Buch zeigt Michael Hartmann, wer Europas Eliten sind und wer die europäische Politik und Wirtschaft maßgeblich beeinflusst. Neben den drei großen EU-Ländern Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien nimmt er die Eliten aus Italien, Spanien, Österreich, den Niederlanden, Skandinavien, der Schweiz und vielen weiteren, auch osteuropäischen Ländern in den Blick. Nach wie vor, so sein Ergebnis, herrschen nationale Rekrutierungs- und Aufstiegsmuster vor. Die Herkunft und Homogenität der Eliten steht dabei in direktem Zusammenhang mit der sozialen Ung.

Cosmopolitan elites across the globe are ignoring the will of the people-pushing disgruntled voters into the arms of national-populist parties and politicians. The election of Donald Trump in America and the referendum on European Union membership in the United Kingdom, otherwise known as Brexit, sent shockwaves throughout the world. Cosmopolitan elites across the globe never saw this populist uprising coming and still do not understand it. People across the globe have been increasingly voting for national-populist politicians over the last twenty years. The current nationalist-populist revolt started long before Donald Trump came down his golden escalator, and even before Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to hold a referendum vote on the EU. It wasn't isolated to rundown towns in Northern England or the Midwest, and it wasn't solely because of demographic changes, ignorance, intolerance, or a "whitelash." It was occurring because the elites chose to ignore voters' concerns when it came to globalism and neoliberalism. Issues like mass immigration, war, economic inequality, and national sovereignty were sacrosanct to neoliberals, and ultimately, their unwillingness to concede on these issues built discontent among millions of people