The costs of regime survival: racial mobilization, elite domination and control of the state in Guyana and Trinidad
In: The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association
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In: The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association
In: Social identities: journal for the study of race, nation and culture, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 39-47
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In: The American journal of sociology, Band 110, Heft 2, S. 527-529
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In: Small axe: a journal of criticism, Band 15, S. 106-122
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In: Social identities: journal for the study of race, nation and culture, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 47-76
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In: Social identities: journal for the study of race, nation and culture, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 47-75
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In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 16, Heft 3, S. 363-391
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The attitudes, patterns of alignments, and composition of the most powerful and influential leaders in Guyana and Trinidad—selected by a two-stage positional-reputational method—are compared and the findings related to the different developmental strategies adopted by the two governments: third world socialism in the case of Guyana, and capitalism in the Trinidadian case. It is shown that clientelistic co-optation and, to a lesser extent, appeals to race can and do overcome ideologically rooted opposition to a ruling party; however, when the regime's ideological position, as reflected in its policies, is compatible with elite interests, the importance of race and clientelism declines, except for co-optation of leaders representing lower class interests. In both countries, the composition of the group of elites shows a proliferation of those representing middle- and upper-class socioeconomic sectors of the society.
In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 16, S. 363-391
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In: Comparative political studies: CPS, Band 16, Heft 3, S. 363
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In: Crosscurrents in African American History
In: Bulletin of Latin American research: the journal of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS), Band 9, Heft 2, S. 298
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