Beyond the Ruling Class: Strategic Elites in Modern Society

By Suzanne Keller and Susan Infeld Keller

Book Overview

Influential minorities have existed in some form in all human societies. Throughout history, such elites have evoked varied responses--respeet. hos-tility, fear. envy, imitation, but never indifference. While certain elite groups have been of only passing historical importance, strategic elites, whose mem-bers are national and international leaders, today are ultimately responsible for the realization of social goals and for the continuity of the social order in a swiftly changing world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560005505
• ISBN13: 9781560005506
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"