Research Methods for Elite Studies (Hardcover, 1)

Preface.? 1. Studying Elites: Theoretical and Methodological Issues George Moyser and Margaret Wagstaffe??Part I: Political and Social Elites? 2. Surveying National Elites in the Federal Republic of Germany Ursula Hoffmann-Lange? 3. Studying Members of the United States Congress Barbara Sinclair and David Brady? 4. Interviewing Party-Political Elites in Italy Geoffrey Pridham? 5. Studying a Religious Elite: The Case of the Anglican Episcopate Kenneth Medhurst and George Moyser??6. Oral History as an Instrument of Research into Scottish Educational Policy-Making Charles Raab??Part II: Economic Elites? 7. The Fly on the Wall of the Inner Sanctum: Observing Company Directors at Work John Winkler? 8. The Study of a Business Elite and Corporate Philanthropy in a United States Metropolitan Area Joseph Galaskiewicz? 9. Working on Directors: Some Methodological Issues Peter Brannen? Part III: Defensive Elites? 10. The Threatened Elite: Studying Leaders in an Urban Community Margaret Wagstaffe and George Moyser? 11. Elite Studies in a ‘Paranocracy’: The Northern Ireland Case Paul Arthur? 12. The Study of Soviet and East-European Elites Christopher Binns? 13. Interview Political Elites in Taiwan Moshe M. Czudnowski.? Bibliography.? Index.