Manina Kakepaki, "Parliamentary Elites in Transition: Political Representation in Greece "
English | ISBN: 3031116933 | 2023 | 304 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This edited volume contributes to a better understanding of parliamentary changes in times of political transition, and, specifically, the composition of the Greek Parliament before and after the debt crisis. It discusses the profiles of Greek MPs through the lens of continuity and renewal, starting with the first major political crisis after the Metapolitefsi in 1989 and ending with the last legislative elections of 2019. Greece attracted scholarly and international interest due to the transformations that the sovereign debt crisis provoked to its political and partisan system. It is one of the countries of the European periphery most severely hit during the great recession. However, no work so far has been devoted exclusively to the study of Greek parliamentary elites, their cultural and political characteristics, and the factors that shape their selection and election. The book is a multifaceted source of information for all those interested in understanding forms of political representation during normal times and times of crisis. Its distinctive advantage is that it offers an up to date and complete elite study in Greece comparable to similar European studies. Moreover, it is a useful tool for students, scholars and researchers interested in the study of political representation across Europe.

Olga Petintseva, Rita Faria, Yarin Eski, "Interviewing Elites, Experts and the Powerful in Criminology"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030329992, 3030330028 | PDF | pages: 174 | 1.8 mb
This book offers practical advice on designing, conducting and analyzing interviews with 'elite' and 'expert' persons (or 'socially prominent actors'), with a focus on criminology and criminal justice. It offers dilemmas and examples of 'good' and 'bad' practices in order to encourage readers to critically asses their own work. It also addresses methodological issues which include: access, power imbalances, getting past 'corporate answers', considerations of whether or not it is at times acceptable to ask leading questions and whether to enter a discussion with a respondent at all. This book will be valuable to students and scholars conducting qualitative research.

Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win by Peter Schweizer
English | January 24, 2022 | ISBN: 0063061155 | 352 pages | EPUB | 1.78 Mb

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0300248946 | 287 pages | True PDF | 11.42 MB
An examination of what algorithmic polarization means for society and how conservative elites use media literacy tactics to spread propaganda

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1684512387 | 444 pages | True EPUB | 8.66 MB
Here is the antidote to the left's sinister push to use a worldwide crisis to infuse our lives with the values of collasal statism and dystopian self-hatred, all accelerated by the duplicitous manipulation of the recent pandemic. From the nationally best-selling author ofThe Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change.

English | ASIN: B0BBXSJ9YG | 2022 | 11 hours and 36 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 318 MB
In 2015, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing how the superrich hide their money using complex webs of offshore vehicles. Spiderweb Capitalism takes you inside this shadow economy, uncovering the mechanics behind the invisible, mundane networks of lawyers, accountants, company secretaries, and fixers who facilitate the illicit movement of wealth across borders and around the globe. Kimberly Kay Hoang conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with private wealth managers, fund managers, entrepreneurs, C-suite executives, bankers, auditors, and other financial professionals. She traces the flow of capital from offshore funds in places like the Cayman Islands, Samoa, and Panama to special-purpose vehicles and holding companies in Singapore and Hong Kong, and how it finds its way into risky markets onshore in Vietnam and Myanmar. Hoang reveals the strategies behind spiderweb capitalism and examines the moral dilemmas of making money in legal, financial, and political gray zones. Spiderweb Capitalism sheds critical light on how global elites capitalize on risky frontier markets, and deepens our understanding of the paradoxical ways in which global economic growth is sustained through states where the line separating the legal from the corrupt is not always clear.

Ian Kelly, "Elites and Arab Politics: New Perspectives on Popular Protest "
English | ISBN: 1138341207 | 2020 | 222 pages | EPUB | 821 KB
This work explains elite behaviour in authoritarian systems and proposes why elites withdraw their support for the incumbent when faced with popular uprisings. Building upon foundations drawn from institutional authoritarianism and synthesised with local context from the substantial scholarship on the Middle East and North Africa, the book argues that the elite supporting autocrats come from three distinct cadres: the military, the single-party and the personalist.

Jessica Sklair, "Brazilian Elites and their Philanthropy: Wealth at the Service of Development "
English | ISBN: 0367442175 | 2021 | 208 pages | EPUB | 784 KB
This book explores the philanthropy of Brazilian elites during a key period in recent Brazilian history, from Workers Party president Lula's last term in office through to the election of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.

M. Asenjo-González, "Urban Elites and Aristocratic Behaviour in the Spanish Kingdoms at the End of the Middle Ages (Studies in European Urban"
English | ISBN: 2503546447 | 2013 | 172 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This collection of studies presents the results of research to discover the scope of aristocratic ambitions of the urban elites in the Hispanic kingdoms in the Late Middle Ages. The goal is to gain a greater knowledge of the urban elites in order to discover the social and political motivations of the privileged, those who were able to profit from the mechanisms of social ascension. Aristocratisation is also related to the adoption of values which determined the behavior and mentality under the mark of the dominant feudal culture. The strategies, the resources to move up the social ladder and the ambition of the urban social elite and the occasions used to ensure successful promotion and the results obtained should be brought to light. The variety in the urban elites within the Iberian Peninsula offers comparative possibilities and supposes an important advancement in the knowledge of aspects related to social promotion.

Emir Chairullah, "Indonesia's Failure in Papua: The Role of Elites in Designing, Implementing and Undermining Special Autonomy "
English | ISBN: 1032059311 | 2021 | 176 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Chairullah investigates how the political, social, and economic interests of national and local elites were negotiated in the formulation and early stages of Special Autonomy in Papua Province, Indonesia.