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Theoretical and methodological pathways for research on elites

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  • Bruno Cousin

    (CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Shamus Khan
  • Ashley Mears

Abstract

In this introductory essay to our special issue on elites, we outline some of the major challenges to research in this area and propose a series of theoretical and methodological pathways to address them. Theoretically we make four recommendations: (a) greater attentiveness to and specificity about the relationship between elites and power; (b) a clearer articulation of the relationships between elites and the varieties of capitalism; (c) far more attention to diversity within elites and the use of elites to understand forms of domination like white supremacy and masculine domination and (d) expanding beyond the orthodox form of Bourdieusian theoretical frameworks. Methodologically we outline how research using survey instruments, social network analysis (SNA) (and multiple correspondence analysis), interviews, ethnographic observation, experiments, archival research, administrative data and content analysis can each be deployed, built upon or redirected to help bring elites into greater focus.

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  • Bruno Cousin & Shamus Khan & Ashley Mears, 2018. "Theoretical and methodological pathways for research on elites," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-02184100, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:spmain:hal-02184100
    DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwy019
    Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal-sciencespo.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02184100
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    Cited by:

    1. Matias López, 2023. "The effect of sampling mode on response rate and bias in elite surveys," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 57(2), pages 1303-1319, April.
    2. Kevin L Young & Timothy Marple & James Heilman & Bruce A Desmarais, 2023. "A double-edged sword: The conditional properties of elite network ties in the financial sector," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 55(4), pages 997-1019, June.

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