Elite recruitment in Australia : a comparative study
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1980
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Pakulski, Jan
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There is much debate as to the place recruitment studies should occupy
in the sociology of elites. In the literature quoted in this study
there are examples of the most extreme positions in the debate: those
who try to find answers for almost all important questions through the
investigation of elites' backgrounds and careers, and those who reject
recruitment studies as a futile exercise. Paradoxically, both
positions contain elements of truth. As we argue in Chapter 6, none
of the important issues in elite analyses, such as problems of elite
power, openness and integration, can be resolved without looking at
leaders' recruitment patterns. On the other hand, the study of
elites' recruitment cannot substitute for inquiries into the
formation, structure, power bases, attitudes and behaviour of elites.
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