Elites
Choice, Leadership and Succession
AntropologiaÉditeur : Etnográfica Press
Lieu d’édition : Lisboa
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 21 janvier 2019
Collection : Antropologia
Année d’édition : 2000
Nombre de pages : 256
Présentation
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 overlooked that, in order to continue through time, elites have to empower new members. Choice has to be exercised over who achieves leadership, both by reference to the elite group itself and to the wider group over which it holds power.
This book fills a gap in the current literature by providing the first rigorous interrogation of the choice and succession strategies of elites in various cultural contexts - from the transmission and preservation of financial power in urban contexts to the complex relation between subjectivity and the transmission of leadership positions in places as varied as the United States, Northern Italy and Lisbon. Various elite succession types are discussed, from self-avowedly 'traditional' leaders to the aristocracy, where choice is practically non-existent, to situations where leaders are elected from amongst a group of peers. The relationship between familial property and choice of successor in landholding families, small business enterprises, and peasant communities is also examined, as are ethnic monopolies.
Sommaire
João De Pina-cabral
IntroductionPart I. Dynastic Sentiments
George E. Marcus
1. The Deep Legacies of Dynastic Subjectivity: The Resonances of a Famous Family Identity in Private and Public SpheresAntónia Pedroso de Lima
2. 'How Did I Become a Leader in My Family Firm?' Assets for Succession in Contemporary Lisbon Financial ElitesSylvia Yanagisako
3. Patriarchal Desire: Law and Sentiments of Succession in Italian Capitalist FamiliesPart II. Choice and Tradition
Nana Arhin Brempong
4. Elite Succession Among The Matrilineal Akan of GhanaCarola Lentz
5. 'Tradition' Versus 'Politics': Succession Conflicts in a Chiefdom of North-western GhanaPart III. House and Heir
Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro
7. Aristocratic Succession in Portugal (From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries)José Manuel Sobral
8. Family, Power and Property: Ascendancy and Decline of a Rural ElitePart IV. Monopolies and Enclaves
João De Pina-cabral
10. How Do the Macanese Achieve Collective Action?Michael Herzfeld
11. Uncanny Success: Some Closing RemarksLe texte seul est utilisable sous licence Licence OpenEdition Books. Les autres éléments (illustrations, fichiers annexes importés) sont « Tous droits réservés », sauf mention contraire.
