Research Methods for Elite Studies (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Moyser, George; Wagstaffe, Margaret

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Elites are crucial groups of people in all but the very simplest societies. But who exactly are they, and how does one study them? Originally published in 1987, Research Methods for Elite Studies provided a wide-ranging survey of the techniques, problems, issues and practicalities of elite research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040392904
• Artikelnr.: 74059937

Autorenporträt

Dr. George Moyser is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Vermont. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Michigan. He has served as Research Director on several funded projects in the fields of political participation and religion and politics. He has published several books and numerous articles in professional journals. Margaret Wagstaffe was, at the time of original publication, a Research Associate in the Department of Government at the University of Manchester.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Studying Elites: Theoretical and Methodological Issues George
Moyser and Margaret Wagstaffe Part I: Political and Social Elites 2.
Surveying National Elites in the Federal Republic of Germany Ursula
Hoffmann-Lange 3. Studying Members of the United States Congress Barbara
Sinclair and David Brady 4. Interviewing Party-Political Elites in Italy
Geoffrey Pridham 5. Studying a Religious Elite: The Case of the Anglican
Episcopate Kenneth Medhurst and George Moyser 6. Oral History as an
Instrument of Research into Scottish Educational Policy-Making Charles Raab
Part II: Economic Elites 7. The Fly on the Wall of the Inner Sanctum:
Observing Company Directors at Work John Winkler 8. The Study of a Business
Elite and Corporate Philanthropy in a United States Metropolitan Area
Joseph Galaskiewicz 9. Working on Directors: Some Methodological Issues
Peter Brannen Part III: Defensive Elites 10. The Threatened Elite: Studying
Leaders in an Urban Community Margaret Wagstaffe and George Moyser 11.
Elite Studies in a 'Paranocracy': The Northern Ireland Case Paul Arthur
12. The Study of Soviet and East-European Elites Christopher Binns 13.
Interview Political Elites in Taiwan Moshe M. Czudnowski. Bibliography.
Index.