TY - CHAP

T1 - Political elites

AU - Blondel, Jean

AU - Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand

PY - 2009/9/2

Y1 - 2009/9/2

N2 - This article examines the various forms that political elite theory took, from the end of the nineteenth century to the 1960s and 1970s. The career patterns, forms of recruitment, and duration and turnover among the political elite are studied. The article also discusses the role of the political elite. It is concluded that the use of the concept of the political elite can help in the understanding of political life, as long as it is treated as a flexible tool that takes into account the immense complexities of the power relationships between human beings.

AB - This article examines the various forms that political elite theory took, from the end of the nineteenth century to the 1960s and 1970s. The career patterns, forms of recruitment, and duration and turnover among the political elite are studied. The article also discusses the role of the political elite. It is concluded that the use of the concept of the political elite can help in the understanding of political life, as long as it is treated as a flexible tool that takes into account the immense complexities of the power relationships between human beings.

KW - Politics

KW - Politische Beteiligung

KW - Politisches Verhalten

KW - Politische Elite

KW - Career patterns

KW - Duration and turnover

KW - Forms of recruitment

KW - Political elite

KW - Political elite theory

KW - Political life

KW - Power relationships

KW - Role of political elite

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066660212&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199270125.003.0044

DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199270125.003.0044

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780199270125

SP - 818

EP - 832

BT - The Oxford handbook of political behavior

A2 - Dalton, Russell J.

A2 - Klingemann, Hans-Dieter

A2 - Goodin, Robert E.

PB - Oxford University Press

CY - Oxford

ER -