Elites, Minorities and Economic Growth

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-444-82848-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 572 g

This book examines the relationship between elites, minorities, and economic growth. The novelty of the book lies in its focus on the interaction between social and economic changes during economic growth. This is an undeveloped subject because it crosses disciplinary lines. The first part of the book contains essays on the role of economic and political elites in America, Europe and the Middle East. The second part of the book contains essays on the role of minorities in past and present industrialization in Europe and Asia. And the final part contains more theoretical approaches that build on the historical essays earlier in the volume.

Elites, Minorities and Economic Growth is particularly useful for macroeconomists interested in economic growth, economic historians, sociologists interested in elites, minorities and social mobility and historians of industrialization and economic growth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brezis, E. S.

Temin, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Introduction. Elites, minorities and economic growth in an interdisciplinary perspective (E.S. Brezis, P. Temin). Economic, Political Elites and Growth. The American business elite in historical perspective (P. Temin). Business dynasties in Britain and France (F. Crouzet). Elites and civil societies in the Middle East (B. Kimmerling). The recruitment and role of elites in Israel (E. Etzioni-Halevy). Elites, ethnic mobilizations and democracy in postcommunist Europe (J. Pakulski). Two waves of professionalization of the Hungarian economic elite (G. Lengyel). Minorities and Growth. Don't beat up the little guys (D.S. Landes). How do minorities become elites? (P. Mathias). The Jews, the English Industrial Revolution, technological innovations and the sciences (P. Bairoch). The Weber thesis and the Jews (W.D. Rubinstein). The role of the Chinese minorities in the economic development of Southeast Asian countries (E.B. Ayal). Theories of Elites and Minorities. The memberships theory of inequality: ideas and implications (S.N. Durlauf). Invention and rebellion: why do innovations occur at all? An evolutionary approach (J. Mokyr). The democratization of political elites and the decline in inequality in modern economic growth (M. Justman, M. Gradstein). Elites and the economics of political radicalism: evidence from Oldham, 1841-1852 (A. Klug, C. Nadav). Elite schools, circulation of elites and economic development: the ENA case (E.S. Brezis, F. Crouzet). Index.