TY  - CHAP
AB  - The fruitful development of the theory of elites within the framework of democratic societies, naturally presupposes ample empirical work, allowing broad descriptions of elite structure. Unfortunately, representative data on modern social elites are still relatively scarce. The most ambitious attempt to cover elite formation in Europe is restricted to the political sphere, a large longitudinal data set on parliamentary elites, covering members of parliament in 12 European countries over a period of 150 years (Best & Cotta, 2000). On a more ad hoc basis data sets covering broader sections of European national elites have been collected in Germany, the Nordic countries, and Eastern Europe. These data sets are utilized in several of the articles in the present volume.
VL  - 23
SN  - 978-1-84950-466-9, 978-0-76231-379-2/0195-6310
DO  - 10.1016/S0195-6310(06)23001-1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0195-6310(06)23001-1
AU  - Engelstad Fredrik
ED  - Fredrik Engelstad
ED  - Trygve Gulbrandsen
PY  - 2006
Y1  - 2006/01/01
TI  - Introduction: Social and Political Elites in Modern Democracies
T2  - Comparative Studies of Social and Political Elites
T3  - Comparative Social Research
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 9
Y2  - 2024/05/11
ER  -