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100	1		_aCabral, João de Pina
245	1	0	_aElites : _bChoice, Leadership and Succession / _cJoão de Pina Cabral, Antónia Pedroso de Lima.
260			_aLisboa : _bEtnográfica Press, _c2019.
300			_a256 p.
500			_aEbook
520			_a Wealth and power characterize elites, yet despite the strong cultural influences they exert, their study remains underdeveloped. Partly because of complications resulting from access, scholars have tended to focus on groups affected by elite governance rather than on elites themselves. It is often overlooked that, in order to continue through time, elites have to empower new members. Choice has to be exercised over who achieves leadership, both by reference to the elite group itself and to the wider group over which it holds power. This book fills a gap in the current literature by providing the first rigorous interrogation of the choice and succession strategies of elites in various cultural contexts - from the transmission and preservation of financial power in urban contexts to the complex relation between subjectivity and the transmission of leadership positions in places as varied as the United States, Northern Italy and Lisbon. Various elite succession types are discussed, from self-avowedly 'traditional' leaders to the aristocracy, where choice is practically non-existent, to situations where leaders are elected from amongst a group of peers. The relationship between familial property and choice of successor in landholding families, small business enterprises, and peasant communities is also examined, as are ethnic monopolies.
540			_aOpenEdition Books License _uhttps://www.openedition.org/12554
650		4	_aSociology & Anthropology
650		4	_aantropologia da família
650		4	_aelite
650		4	_ahistória da família
650		4	_areprodução social
650		4	_aélite
650		4	_aanthropologie de la famille
650		4	_ahistoire de la famille
650		4	_areproduction sociale
650		4	_aanthropology of the family
650		4	_aelite
650		4	_afamily history
650		4	_asocial reproduction
700	1		_aLima, Antónia Pedroso de
776			_z978-1-85973-399-8
856	4		_eCabral, João de Pina _uhttps://books.openedition.org/etnograficapress/1278 _yElites
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