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OverviewBeliefs held by US and European elites about unregulated markets and a currency union without fiscal union led to a transatlantic crisis unmatched in severity since the Great Depression. Leading scholars of elites analyze how elites have responded to the crisis, are altered by it and what this 'hour of elites' means for democracy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H. Best , J. HigleyPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2014 Weight: 0.266kg ISBN: 9781349466634ISBN 10: 1349466638 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 01 January 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Transatlantic Crisis; Heinrich Best and John Higley 2. Structure and Agency: Lessons from Pareto on the Study of Elites, Democracy and Crisis; Joseph V. Femia 3. Is 'Europe' the Lesser Evil? Limits of Elite Crisis Resolution in a Limitless Crisis; Heinrich Best 4. Facing the Crisis: The European Elite System's Changing; Geometry; Maurizio Cotta 5. Central European Elites in the Crisis; Pavol Fri?, György Lengyel, Jan Pakulski and Soña Szomolanyi 6. British Elite De-Coupling from Classes Amid Crisis and Globalization; David Lane 7. Why Can't US Business Elites be Moderate Keynesians? The Issue is Power, not Economics; G. William Domhoff 8. Elite Compromise, Crisis and Democracy: The US, Norway and Italy Compared; Fredrik Engelstad 9. When Political and Financial Elites Clash: Narratives of Blame, Power and Legitimacy; Alasdair Marshall 10. The Hour of Elites: Conclusions; Heinrich Best and John HigleyReviews'A masterful portrait of how non-elected (and elected) elites have been pivotal actors in the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, bringing together a group of excellent analyses by leading scholars of the field.' Antonio Costa Pinto, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal While economists rushed to publish their explanations for the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, little has been written about its impact on political systems. This collection of essays by a distinguished panel of authors shows how elites struggled to shore up the existing system of Euro-Atlantic institutions. Globalization has its limits, and national political elites still have a role to play, but it is unclear whether they are capable of acting together to prevent future systemic crises.' - Peter Rutland, Government Department, Wesleyan University, USA 'A masterful portrait of how non-elected (and elected) elites have been pivotal actors in the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, bringing together a group of excellent analyses by leading scholars of the field.' Antonio Costa Pinto, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal While economists rushed to publish their explanations for the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, little has been written about its impact on political systems. This collection of essays by a distinguished panel of authors shows how elites struggled to shore up the existing system of Euro-Atlantic institutions. Globalization has its limits, and national political elites still have a role to play, but it is unclear whether they are capable of acting together to prevent future systemic crises.' - Peter Rutland, Government Department, Wesleyan University, USA Author InformationMaurizio Cotta, University of Siena, Italy G. William Domhoff, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Fredrik Engelstad, University of Oslo, Norway Joseph V. Femia, University of Liverpool, UK Pavol Fri? Charles University, Czech Republic David Lane, University of Cambridge György Lengyel, Corvinus University, Hungary Alasdair Marshall, University of Southampton, UK Jan Pakulski the University of Tasmania, Australia So?a Szomolányi Comenius University, Slovakia Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |