Includes index.

Elites survival and the Arab Spring: the cases of Tunisia and Egypt / Stig Stenslie and Kjetil Selvik -- The development of political legitimacy among MPs and citizens in old and young democracies / Ursula Hoffmann-Lange -- Unraveling unchanged supranational commitment of national political elites during the Eurozone crisis / Borbala G ncz -- The political elite and trust in EU institutions after the crisis. a comparative analysis of the Hungarian case / Gyoergy Lengyel and Laura Szabo -- The (Re-)production of elites in private and public boarding schools: comparative perspectives on elite education in Germany / Anja Gibson -- The class identity negotiations of upwardly mobile individuals amongst whites and the racial other: a US-French comparison / Jules Naudet and Shirin Shahrokni -- Women executives: empowering women through selection in Germany and Brazil / Farida Jalalzai -- Elites, insecurity, and populists in western democracies / John Higley -- The populist elite paradox: using elite theory to elucidate the shapes and stakes of populist elite critiques / Marte Mangset, Fredrik Engelstad, Mari Teigen and Trygve Gulbrandsen.

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