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Description:Who runs Australia? How is it run? This study brings much new evidence to bear on these questions. It reports on the backgrounds, attitudes and behaviour of national elites in eight major sectors of Australian society: big business, trade unions, federal and state politics, the Commonwealth Public Service, mass media, voluntary associations, major universities and research centres.The authors consider whether there is a ruling class, a power elite, or plural elites, and offer an alternative theory of the kinds of elites which are possible in modern societies. They discuss the reasons why only some elites create stability and democratic politics, and how new and ominous conflicts increasingly threaten elite consensus and unity in developed societies.The book differs from most earlier research on elites in that it assigns to elites a more central role in political and social change than Marxist, democratic or functionalist paradigms would allow. In addition, the use of survey research methods and network analysis techniques allows a wider coverage of elite sectors and activities and gives a more comprehensive picture of elite structures, attitudes and behaviour than previous studies have provided.The interviews on which the study is based were conducted personally by the authors with 370 of the men and women who made up the Australian national elite in the turbulent second half of 1975 when the Whitlam Labor Government was dismissed by the Governor-General.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Elites in Australia. To get started finding Elites in Australia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Who runs Australia? How is it run? This study brings much new evidence to bear on these questions. It reports on the backgrounds, attitudes and behaviour of national elites in eight major sectors of Australian society: big business, trade unions, federal and state politics, the Commonwealth Public Service, mass media, voluntary associations, major universities and research centres.The authors consider whether there is a ruling class, a power elite, or plural elites, and offer an alternative theory of the kinds of elites which are possible in modern societies. They discuss the reasons why only some elites create stability and democratic politics, and how new and ominous conflicts increasingly threaten elite consensus and unity in developed societies.The book differs from most earlier research on elites in that it assigns to elites a more central role in political and social change than Marxist, democratic or functionalist paradigms would allow. In addition, the use of survey research methods and network analysis techniques allows a wider coverage of elite sectors and activities and gives a more comprehensive picture of elite structures, attitudes and behaviour than previous studies have provided.The interviews on which the study is based were conducted personally by the authors with 370 of the men and women who made up the Australian national elite in the turbulent second half of 1975 when the Whitlam Labor Government was dismissed by the Governor-General.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Elites in Australia. To get started finding Elites in Australia, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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