Index

Elites and People: Challenges to Democracy

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ISSN: 0195-6310

Publication date: 7 October 2019

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(2019), "Index", Engelstad, F., Gulbrandsen, T., Mangset, M. and Teigen, M. (Ed.) Elites and People: Challenges to Democracy (Comparative Social Research, Vol. 34), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 223-228. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-631020190000034011

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INDEX

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with numbers indicate notes.

African-Americans’ Narratives
, 144–148

Afro-American community
, 146

Afrobarometer survey
, 57n7

Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
, 42

American Dream
, 142–144, 155

Anti-Arab sentiments
, 139

Anti-capitalist agitation and critiques of economic elites
, 215

Anti-elitism as defining feature of populism
, 205–206

Anti-Muslim sentiments
, 139

Arab Spring
, 3–4, 17–18

Attitudes

determinants of
, 76–81

towards European unification
, 72

polarisation of
, 79

Austerity
, 62

Banlieue environments
, 150

Bottom-up model
, 3

Brazilian Cabinet
, 174

appointments and ministry gender slant in
, 177–179

appointments and ministry prestige slant in
, 180

gender and appointment to
, 174–175

gender and total cabinet appointments in
, 175–177

Brown–Forsythe robust test
, 109n6

Cabinet diversity
, 167

Catalan nationalism
, 199

Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEE countries)
, 66, 80

Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES)
, 62, 73–74

Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU)
, 164–165, 167, 169–170, 174, 181

Christian Democrats (KDNP)
, 96

Chroniqueurs
, 29

Civic-inspired popular movements
, 22

Civil Rights movements
, 139

Civil society
, 3–4

Class
, 138, 140–141, 156n2

betrayal
, 140

formations
, 139

Classical conceptualisations of elite pluralism
, 208–210

Classical elite theories
, 11, 208

Coalitions
, 162–163, 182n2

governance
, 160

Cognitive mobilization theory
, 92

Colour-blindness, principle of
, 138

Comparative studies of elite and non-elite boarding schools
, 129–130

Conservative–Christian Democrats
, 96, 99

Continental populists
, 199

Critical Race Theory
, 138

Cultural elites
, 212

populist critique
, 215–217

Cultural mode of elite integration
, 218

Database
, 40

indicators
, 42–43

two MP surveys and world values survey
, 40–42

Deculturation process
, 143

Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD)
, 22–23

Democratic/democracy
, 1, 36–37, 93, 192

governance
, 3

legitimacy of European integration project
, 62

progress
, 27

quality of
, 43–45

resilience of
, 2, 4–5

support for
, 42–43, 48–51, 53

and unity of elites
, 217–218

Discriminatory practices
, 139

Distinction

acts
, 123–124

construction of
, 127

Double Absence Rhetoric
, 142–143

Double-consciousness
, 156n8

Duboisian concept of
, 144

Duboisian concept of ‘double-consciousness’
, 144

Dutch Freedom Party
, 215

Eagle Capital
, 29

Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA)
, 152

Economic crisis
, 4, 38–39, 61–62, 70

in young democracies
, 37–39

Economic elites
, 212

anti-capitalist agitation and critiques
, 215

populist critique
, 214–215

Economic growth, macro-indicators of
, 43–45

Economic liberalisation
, 24

Economic recession
, 41

Education (see also Elite education in Germany)
, 181n9

educational attainment
, 152

policy in Germany
, 179

Egypt
, 23

elites in
, 19

post-Arab Spring
, 25

pre-Arab Spring
, 24–25

Electoral democracy index
, 43

Electoral participation
, 22

Elhiwar Ettounsi
, 29

Elite education in Germany (see also Hungarian political elite)
, 116–117

empirical results and theoretical reflections
, 125–128

implications and perspectives
, 128–130

responsible elite on exclusive boarding schools
, 117–124

Elite pluralism

classical conceptualisations of
, 208–210

possibility of
, 210–211

Elite recruitment
, 7–9

gender disparities in
, 9–10

Elite survival

Arab Spring
, 17–18

case of Egypt
, 23–27

case of Tunisia
, 20–23

elite circulation types
, 19–20

in Tunisia and Egypt
, 18–19

two cases comparison
, 27–30

Elite(s)
, 1, 10–11, 93, 117, 190–193, 210, 212

Arab Spring
, 3–4

circulation types
, 19–20

democracy
, 1–3, 217–218

elite recruitment and social identity
, 7–9

European crisis
, 5–7

gender disparities in elite recruitment
, 9–10

groups
, 24

political elites and resilience of democracy
, 4–5

role in democratic transition and consolidation
, 37

schools
, 116

settlement
, 94, 192

theorists
, 210

theory
, 1, 192–193, 204–205, 218

trust
, 191–192

unity
, 217–218

Elite–population

gap concerning supranational trust
, 105–107

interference
, 93

Elitism
, 10–11

populism as
, 206–208

Ethno-racial discriminatory practices, chief victims of
, 139

Euroenthusiasm
, 80

European Commission (EC)
, 72, 97, 196

European Crisis
, 5–7

European elite system
, 5

European integration
, 63, 67, 69

hierarchical linear regression on individual attitudes towards
, 77

polarisation of attitudes towards further
, 79

project
, 65

European National Elites and the Crisis project (ENEC project)
, 62, 95

European socialisation effect
, 76

European Union (EU)
, 30, 61, 212

Euroscepticism
, 62, 65–67

of Hungarian population
, 105

Eurozone crisis
, 62, 70

Exclusive boarding schools
, 123–124, 128

Exclusive German boarding schools
, 128

Exclusive socialisation at boarding schools
, 126–127

Fatalism
, 144

Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
, 57n2

‘Feminine’ ministries
, 166, 170–171

Financial crisis (2008)
, 4–5, 10, 38

France’s Majority Respondents’ Narratives
, 143–144

Francisation
, 151

Free Democrats (SZDSZ)
, 95

Freedom Party in Netherlands
, 213

French Rassemblement National Party
, 215

French Revolution (1789–1799)
, 18

French RN
, 220n2

GAL/TAN parties
, 73–75, 78–80

Gender

disparities in elite recruitment
, 9–10

gender-equal attitudes and practices
, 216

General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT)
, 20, 23

German Academic Scholarship Foundation
, 130n4

German cabinet

appointments and ministry gender slant in Germany
, 171

appointments and ministry prestige slant in Germany
, 171–174

gender and appointment to
, 168–169

gender and total appointments to
, 169–174

German Democratic Republic
, 57n1

German secondary education
, 130n2

German system
, 164–165

GLLAMM
, 83n5

Globalisation
, 10

of labour markets
, 194

Goulash Communism
, 94

Grand coalitions
, 164–165

Grandes écoles
, 141

Grass-roots anti-racist mobilisations
, 151

Great Depression
, 4, 36, 38

Great Recession
, 36

Green/alternative/libertarian parties (GAL parties)
, 67–68

Gymnasien
, 117, 130n2, 131n11

Hierarchical ANOVA models
, 100–101

Hierarchical linear regression

on individual attitudes towards European integration
, 77

on individual preferences for supranational governance
, 78

models
, 76

Homogeneous elite
, 208

Homosocial reproduction
, 9

Hungarian Conservative–Christian Democrats
, 101

Hungarian governing elite
, 92

Hungarian political elite (see also Elite education in Germany)
, 93–94

data and comparative frame
, 95–96

distribution of national political elites
, 96

elite–population gap concerning supranational trust
, 105–107

retrospection
, 94–95

trust in European Institutions
, 103–106

trust of national political elites in European Institutions
, 96–102

Ideal–typical model of populist ideologies
, 205

Ideological differences
, 97

Imposter syndrome
, 149

Informal rules
, 161

Insecurity
, 193–196

Institutions
, 93

Integrated and United? A Quest for European Citizenship in an Ever Closer Union project (INTUNE project)
, 62, 70, 95

Integration paradox
, 72

Intermediate elites
, 212, 217

populist critique
, 213–214

Internal selection procedures
, 125–126

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
, 119

Intra-group differences
, 139–140

INTUNE/ENEC parties
, 73–75, 78

Left-wing Hungarians
, 101

Left-wing parties
, 162

Left-wing populism
, 214–215

Left–right self-positioning
, 100

Legitimacy

of elites
, 209

theories
, 39

Liberal democracy index
, 43

Local elites
, 191

Logic of Practice, The (Bourdieu)
, 7

Mada Masr (Egyptian online newspaper)
, 29

Male dominance
, 9

‘Masculine’ ministries
, 166, 170–171

Media
, 29

polarisation
, 29

Members of parliament (MPs)
, 37, 70, 75

economic perception effects on political legitimacy
, 45

sample size and share
, 87

Merkel’s conservative affiliation
, 180

Minority culture of mobility
, 138, 140, 148–154

Mobility experiences
, 139

from majority perspective
, 142–144

from minority perspective
, 144–154

Modern elite theory
, 217

Monists
, 210, 217–218

Moore’s hypothesis
, 145

Mosca’s theories on elite pluralism
, 209–210, 213

Multi-class identity
, 145

Multi-party systems
, 160

Multidimensional crisis
, 61

Multivariate analysis
, 51–56

National affiliation
, 97

National Democratic Party (NDP)
, 24, 26

National political elites trust
, 96–102

in European Institutions
, 98

Nessma
, 29

New intergovernmentalism
, 64

North African immigrants, descendants of
, 139

Pareto theories on elite pluralism
, 209–210

Parity cabinet
, 170

Parliamentary careers
, 166

Partisanship
, 92

Party systems
, 162

Patronage systems
, 28

Peers at boarding schools
, 127–128

Pluralists
, 210

Pluto-populism
, 198

Polarisation
, 22–23

Political

centre
, 211

parties
, 211

polarisation
, 53–54

restraint
, 191

support
, 39–40

system’s democratic performance evaluation
, 47–48

Political elites (see also Elite(s))
, 4–7, 103, 109n5, 209

critiques
, 211–212

party family
, 100

Political legitimacy development

confidence in political parties
, 45–47

database
, 40–43

democracy
, 36–37

economic perception effects of MPs on
, 45

empirical results
, 45

macro-indicators of economic growth, unemployment and quality of democracy
, 43–45

objects and types of political support
, 39–40

political system’s democratic performance evaluation
, 47–48

preliminary summary and multivariate analysis
, 51–56

support for democracy
, 48–51

in young democracies
, 37–39

Political parties, confidence in
, 42, 45–47, 53

Polyarchy
, 191

Populism
, 10–11, 204, 206, 211, 215

anti-elitism as defining feature
, 205–206

as elitism
, 206–208

Populist critique

of cultural elite
, 215–217

of economic elites
, 214–215

of intermediate elites
, 213–214

of political elite
, 212–213

Populist elite paradox
, 204–205

anti-elitism as defining feature of populism
, 205–206

classical conceptualisations of elite pluralism
, 208–210

democracy and unity of elites
, 217–218

elements
, 208

populism as elitism
, 206–208

possibility of elite pluralism
, 210–211

varieties of populist elite critiques
, 211–212

Populists
, 196–200

ideologies
, 206–208

leaders
, 199

movements
, 205

parties
, 213

rhetorical strategies
, 212

Post-industrial work forces
, 194

Poujadist movement
, 212

Power
, 2

elite
, 210

relations
, 204–205

Private boarding school in Germany
, 121–124

Proporz system for policymaking
, 192

Putnam’s theory
, 4

Quality of democracy
, 43–45

Race
, 138, 140–141

Race-conscious description
, 150

Racial discrimination
, 8

Racial socialisation
, 147

‘Reaching Back’ ideology
, 144–148

Reconciliation
, 28

law
, 23

Referenda
, 214

Refolution
, 22

Regime change
, 18–19, 22, 27

Regression analysis
, 54–55

Regression approach
, 73–76

Replacement circulation
, 19

Reproduction circulation
, 19

Resilience of democracy
, 2, 4–5

Revenu de solidarité active (RSA)
, 156n11

Revenu minimum d’insertion (RMI)
, 156n11

Revolution
, 18

Right-wing self-positioned Hungarian political elite
, 101

Rousseff’s coalition
, 165–166

Rousseff’s liberal credentials
, 181

Salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance (SMIC)
, 156n12

Schengen crisis
, 62

Self-proclaimed elite
, 217

Social

ascension
, 140

class
, 138

codes
, 143–144

identity
, 7–9

social–democratic partisanship
, 170

trust
, 3

Social Democratic Party (SPD)
, 164, 167, 170

Socialisation
, 80–81

Socialists (MSZP)
, 95

Socialist–Social Democrats
, 96

Spearman correlation
, 73

Spies
, 24

Stable democracy
, 190, 193

Stagflation insecurity
, 194

STATA
, 83n5

State-run boarding school in Germany
, 121–124

Supranational governance

hierarchical linear regression on individual preferences for
, 78

polarisation of attitudes
, 79

Supranational trust
, 104–106

index variable
, 109n9

Supranationalism
, 62–63

attitudes towards European unification
, 72

data and method
, 70–71

determinants of attitudes
, 76–81

dimensions
, 71–73

Euroscepticism
, 65–67

indicators, measurement and expected direction of influence
, 88–89

party families by wave
, 71

party or individual level determinants of supranational attitudes
, 67–70

preference for further integration without
, 63–65

regression approach
, 73–76

Spearman correlation
, 73

Supranationality
, 83n2

Supreme Council of Egyptian Armed Forces (SCAF)
, 24–26, 28

Swiss People’s Party
, 199

Symbolic violence
, 140

Third-Wave democracies
, 3, 39, 41

Tory Party
, 215

Traditionalist/authoritarian/nationalist parties (TAN parties)
, 63, 67–68

‘Transgenerational’ aspect of American Dream
, 143

Trust
, 92

in EU Institutions by Hungarian Elite Group
, 103

in EU Institutions in Hungary and in other eight countries
, 99

in European Institutions
, 103–105

of national political elites in European Institutions
, 96–102

in Supranational Institutions
, 104

Tunisia
, 20

elites in
, 19

post-Arab Spring
, 21–23

pre-Arab Spring
, 20–21

security sector
, 28

Tunisian Union of Industrialists, Merchants and Artisans (UTICA)
, 20

2009–2010 Euro-crisis (see Economic crisis)

2015 migration (see Schengen crisis)

Underemployment
, 194

Unemployment
, 194

macro-indicators of
, 43–45

Upward intergenerational mobility

methodology
, 141–142

mobility experience from majority perspective
, 142–144

mobility experience from minority perspective
, 144–154

theorising experience of
, 140–141

Utilitarian theory
, 90

V-Dem data
, 57n4

Western democracies
, 196

White-Americans’ Narratives
, 140–141

Women

appointments
, 162

cabinet incorporation
, 163

empowerment in cabinet
, 168

legislative incorporation
, 162

in parliament
, 162

presidents
, 160–161

Women executives
, 159

Brazilian Cabinet
, 174–179

German cabinet
, 168–174

methodology and hypotheses
, 166–168

World Values Survey (WVS)
, 41, 43, 49

Young Democrats (FIDESZ)
, 94–95