Global Elites: The Opaque Nature of Transnational Policy Determination

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
From Local Elites to a Globally Convergent Class: A Historical Analytical Perspective....Pages 1-37
On Values, Invisibility(ies) and Elites....Pages 38-53
Global Capitalism Theory and the Emergence of Transnational Elites....Pages 54-73
Panopticism, Elites and the Deinstitutionalisation of the Civic....Pages 74-86
The Creation of Shared Understanding: Political and Economic Consensus and the Role of the Market in Transformational Policy Discourse....Pages 87-102
The Precession of Simulacra: Elites in the Post-Industrial Society....Pages 103-115
Social Value Creation by Elites....Pages 116-126
Elitism, Class and the Democratic Deficit: Founding Themes of the American Republic....Pages 127-137
New Turkish Business Elites: Resources, Networks, Boundaries and Mobility....Pages 138-156
Board Directors as Elites in the Context of International Joint Ventures....Pages 157-173
Joining the Global Elites: Dilemmas for China in Reforming its Systems of Scientific and Technological Innovation....Pages 174-188
Strategising from the Perspective of Global Elites....Pages 189-199
Leadership Skills of the Political Elites: The Case of Ohio....Pages 200-221
Entrepreneurs as Elites....Pages 222-240
A Multi-level Understanding of the Careers of Minority Ethnic Elites....Pages 241-261
Urban Elites in Eighteenth-Century Northampton....Pages 262-285
Delicate Empiricism: An Action Learning Approach to Elite Interviewing....Pages 286-307
Leadership Hubris: Achilles’ Heel of Success....Pages 308-331
Back Matter....Pages 332-342