“…Este libro recoge documentos extraídos de pleitos de la Sala de Vizcaya del Archivo de la Real Audiencia y Chancillería de Valladolid, tribunal constituido para la vista de conflictos del Señorío, reflejando aspectos de la vida de las elites y los resortes del poder político y económico. …”
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“…Images of 'Africa', simplifying a complex and diverse continent, have existed from ancient Mediterranean worlds, slave trading nations and colonial powers to today's political elites, ecotourists and aid-givers. Robin Derricourt draws on his background as publisher and practitioner in archaeology and history to explore the limits and the dangers of simplifications, arguing - as with Said's concept of 'Orientalism' - that ambitious ideas can delude or oppress as well as inform. …”

“…Religion is often manipulated by political elites to advance their principal goal of political survival. …”

“…Firstborn of Venice explores issues that are political in the broadest sense: legal institutions and administrative practices, fiscal politics, the consolidation of elites, ecclesiastical management, and the contrasting governing ideologies of ruler and subjects…”

“…Through two pairs of case study comparisons in East and Southeast Asia-between the Philippines and South Korea in the late 1980s, and between Malaysia and Singapore from 1965 to 2020-Opposing Power argues that opposition elites' perceptions of regime vulnerability and mutual dependency shape their efforts to construct alliances. …”

“…By exploring their daily interactions with imperial elites as well as villagers and marauders, Chatterjee offers a new history from below of the Mughal Empire, far from the glittering courts of the emperors and nobles, but still dramatic and filled with colourful personalities. …”

“…From tax evasion by multinational corporations and African elites to how ordinary people navigate complex webs of `informal' local taxation, the book examines the potential for reform, and how space might be created for enabling locally-led strategies…”

“…By positing an acute contrast between the will of the people and established elites, and advocating simplistic policy solutions careless of minority rights, populists have challenged the development and even the maintenance of liberal democracy on many fronts.Social scientists’ attention to populism has grown rapidly, although it remains somewhat fragmented across disciplines. …”

“…The first part is dedicated to four types of mobility of people from China to Italy, namely tourist mobility (Miriam Castorina), labor mobility (Valentina Pedone), student mobility (Xu Hao), and mobility of social elites (Andrea Scibetta). The second part is dedicated to examples of reverse mobility from Italy to China (Gao Changxu, Chiara Lepri, Giuseppe Rizzuto). …”

“…The focus is on how territorial developments were perceived in different social milieus. After all, urban elites, the monarch and his entourage had different - but sometimes similar - opinions about what Brabant actually was and used various media to communicate their ideas about it. …”

“…Kauanui argues that Hawaiian elites' approaches to reforming and regulating land, gender, and sexuality in the early nineteenth century that paved the way for sovereign recognition of the kingdom complicate contemporary nationalist activism today, which too often includes disavowing the indigeneity of the Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiian) people. …”

“…Using legal strategies and alliances with elites, these merchants successfully remade the category of "Hindu," setting it in contrast to "Untouchable" in a process that reconfigured Hinduism in caste terms. …”

“…Today, Namier is associated with the belief that the thoughts and actions of elites matter most, and with a view of politics in which those who enter public life do so only in pursuit of personal and material advantage. …”

“…The study of the Roman Empire has changed dramatically in the last century, with significant emphasis now placed on understanding the experiences of subject populations, rather than a sole focus on the Roman imperial elites. Local experiences, and interactions between periphery and centre, are an intrinsic component in our understanding of the empire's function over and against the earlier, top-down model. …”

“…Alive with the voices and experiences of ordinary Russians and elites alike, Sam Greene and Graeme Robertson craft a compellingly original account of contemporary Russian politics. …”

“…Cada una de las fichas permite ulteriores estudios prosopográficos, especialmente de las élites de la Congregación benedictina de Valladolid, y de las diócesis de Burgos, Pamplona y Calahorra en el siglo XVIII."…”

“…Ma also examines the polis's significance as a social form and looks to the people who constitute the polis, from free adult men-stakeholders in institutional power, slaveowners, or heads of households-and elites to women, foreigners, and enslaved peoples, however disempowered. …”

“…Mediante un riguroso estudio de fuentes primarias que trasciende hábilmente las limitaciones impuestas por la desaparición del archivo de la institución, las autoras pormenorizan la formación académica, trayectoria profesional y entramado familiar de los casi 300 cabildantes de esta época, creando una valiosa herramienta de apoyo para todos aquellos interesados en el estudio de la institución capitular y la ciudad de Santa Fe y sus élites durante el siglo XVIII. La obra no solo clarifica el panorama de ocupación de cargos del cabildo durante el siglo XVIII, sino que contribuye a profundizar en el conocimiento de las élites hispanoamericanas en la época moderna, sus mecanismos de inserción en las instituciones y en última instancia la manera de gobernar el territorio desde España durante el siglo XVIII…”
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“…Es nuestra labor, como sociólogos y sociólogas, seguir profundizando en nuestro empeño, para conseguir una sociedad más crítica y escéptica hacia las agendas que distintas élites financieras intentan imponer en la Sociedad Global. …”

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