Elites Choice, Leadership and Succession
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 o...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lisboa :
Etnográfica Press
2000.
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| Colección: | Antropologia
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746268706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I. Dynastic Sentiments
- 1. The Deep Legacies of Dynastic Subjectivity: The Resonances of a Famous Family Identity in Private and Public Spheres
- 2. 'How Did I Become a Leader in My Family Firm?' Assets for Succession in Contemporary Lisbon Financial Elites
- 3. Patriarchal Desire: Law and Sentiments of Succession in Italian Capitalist Families
- Part II. Choice and Tradition
- 4. Elite Succession Among The Matrilineal Akan of Ghana
- 5. 'Tradition' Versus 'Politics': Succession Conflicts in a Chiefdom of North-western Ghana
- 6. Making The Chief: An Examination of Why Fijian Chiefs Have To Be Elected
- Part III. House and Heir
- 7. Aristocratic Succession in Portugal (From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries)
- 8. Family, Power and Property: Ascendancy and Decline of a Rural Elite
- Part IV. Monopolies and Enclaves
- 9. Re-serving Succession in a British Enclave
- 10. How Do the Macanese Achieve Collective Action?
- 11. Uncanny Success: Some Closing Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index.
