Elites : choice, leadership and succession /: choice, leadership and succession. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by João de Pina-Cabral and Antonia Pedroso de Lima.
• Other Names: Pina-Cabral, João de; Lima, Antónia Pedroso de
• Contents: Introduction / João de Pina-Cabral -- pt. I. Dynastic sentiments. 1. The deep legacies of dynastic subjectivity: the resonances of a famous family identity in private and public spheres / George E. Marcus. 2. 'How did I become a leader in my family firm?' Assets for succession in contemporary Lisbon financial elites / Antónia Pedroso de Lima. 3. Patriarchal desire: law and sentiments of succession in Italian capitalist families / Sylvia Yanagisako. pt. II. Choice and tradition. 4. Elite succession among the matrilineal Akan of Ghana / Nana Arhin Brempong. 5. 'Tradition' versus 'Politics': succession conflicts in a chiefdom of North-western Ghana / Carola Lentz. 6. Making the chief: an examination of why Fijian chiefs have to be elected / Christina Toren. pt. III. House and heir. 7. Aristocratic succession in Portugal (from the 16th to the 19th centuries) / Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro -- 8. Family, power and property: ascendancy and delcine of a rural elite / José Manuel Sobral. pt. IV. Monopolies and enclaves. 9. Re-serving succession in a British enclave / Jean Lave. 10. How do the Macanese achieve collective action? / João de Pina-Cabral. 11. Uncanny success: some closing remarks / Michael Herzfeld.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 305.52; Leadership -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses; Elite (Social sciences) -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses; Elite (Social sciences) -- Attitudes -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses; Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses; Élite (Sciences sociales); Leadership; Pouvoir (Sciences sociales); Famille; Successions et héritages; Études transculturelles; Elite (Social sciences); Elite (Social sciences) -- Attitudes; Kings and rulers -- Succession; Leadership; Elite; Geschichte; Aufsatzsammlung; Sistemas de governo; Elites; Opvolging; Aufsatzsammlung; Congresses (form)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000323979; 1000323978
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.