Overview
Beliefs held by US and European elites about unregulated markets and a currency union without fiscal union led to a transatlantic crisis unmatched in severity since the Great Depression. Leading scholars of elites analyze how elites have responded to the crisis, are altered by it and what this 'hour of elites' means for democracy.
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Author: H. Best ,
J. Higley
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.385kg
ISBN: 9781137345745
ISBN 10: 1137345748
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 07 March 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'A masterful portrait of how non-elected (and elected) elites have been pivotal actors in the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, bringing together a group of excellent analyses by leading scholars of the field.' Antonio Costa Pinto, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal While economists rushed to publish their explanations for the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, little has been written about its impact on political systems. This collection of essays by a distinguished panel of authors shows how elites struggled to shore up the existing system of Euro-Atlantic institutions. Globalization has its limits, and national political elites still have a role to play, but it is unclear whether they are capable of acting together to prevent future systemic crises.' - Peter Rutland, Government Department, Wesleyan University, USA
'A masterful portrait of how non-elected (and elected) elites have been pivotal actors in the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, bringing together a group of excellent analyses by leading scholars of the field.' Antonio Costa Pinto, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal While economists rushed to publish their explanations for the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, little has been written about its impact on political systems. This collection of essays by a distinguished panel of authors shows how elites struggled to shore up the existing system of Euro-Atlantic institutions. Globalization has its limits, and national political elites still have a role to play, but it is unclear whether they are capable of acting together to prevent future systemic crises.' - Peter Rutland, Government Department, Wesleyan University, USA
'A masterful portrait of how non-elected (and elected) elites have been pivotal actors in the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, bringing together a group of excellent analyses by leading scholars of the field.' Antonio Costa Pinto, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal ""While economists rushed to publish their explanations for the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, little has been written about its impact on political systems. This collection of essays by a distinguished panel of authors shows how elites struggled to shore up the existing system of Euro-Atlantic institutions. Globalization has its limits, and national political elites still have a role to play, but it is unclear whether they are capable of acting together to prevent future systemic crises.' - Peter Rutland, Government Department, Wesleyan University, USA
Author Information
Maurizio Cotta, University of Siena, Italy G. William Domhoff, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Fredrik Engelstad, University of Oslo, Norway Joseph V. Femia, University of Liverpool, UK Pavol Fri? Charles University, Czech Republic David Lane, University of Cambridge György Lengyel, Corvinus University, Hungary Alasdair Marshall, University of Southampton, UK Jan Pakulski the University of Tasmania, Australia So?a Szomolányi Comenius University, Slovakia
