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Transforming the Elite - Michelle A. Purdy - Bog - The University of North Carolina Press - Plusbog.dk

Transforming the Elite - Michelle A. Purdy - Bog - The University of North Carolina Press - Plusbog.dk

When traditionally white public schools in the South became sites of massive resistance in the wake of the Supreme Court''s Brown v. Board of Education decision, numerous white students exited the public system altogether, with parents choosing homeschooling or private segregationist academies. But some historically white elite private schools opted to desegregate. The black students that attended these schools courageously navigated institutional and interpersonal racism but ultimately emerged as upwardly mobile leaders. Transforming the Elite tells this story. Focusing on the experiences of the first black students to desegregate Atlanta''s well-known The Westminster Schools and national efforts to diversify private schools, Michelle A. Purdy combines social history with policy analysis in a dynamic narrative that expertly re-creates this overlooked history. Through gripping oral histories and rich archival research, this book showcases educational changes for black southerners during the civil rights movement including the political tensions confronted, struggles faced, and school cultures transformed during private school desegregation. This history foreshadows contemporary complexities at the heart of the black community''s mixed feelings about charter schools, school choice, and education reform.

DKK 347.00
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Fragile Elite - Susanne Bregnbaek - Bog - Stanford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Fragile Elite - Susanne Bregnbaek - Bog - Stanford University Press - Plusbog.dk

China''s One Child Policy and its rigorous national focus on educational testing are well known. But what happens to those "lucky" few at the very top of the pyramid: elite university students in China who grew up under the One Child Policy and now attend the nation''s most prestigious universities? How do they feel about having made it to the top of an extremely competitive educational system—as their parents'' only child? What pressures do they face, and how do they cope with the expectations associated with being the best? Fragile Elite explores the contradictions and perplexities of being an elite student through immersive ethnographic research conducted at two top universities in China. Susanne Bregnbæk uncovers the intimate psychological strains students suffer under the pressure imposed on them by parents and state, where the state acts as a parent and the parents reinforce the state. Fragile Elite offers fascinating insights into the intergenerational tensions at work in relation to the ongoing shift in educational policy and definition of what a "quality" student, child, and citizen is in contemporary China.

DKK 217.00
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Elite Conflicts and the Path to Economic Decentralization - Mingxing Liu - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Elite Conflicts and the Path to Economic Decentralization - Mingxing Liu - Bog - Cambridge University Press - Plusbog.dk

Why would a politically centralized state embark on the path of economic decentralization? This Element delves into the political origin of the puzzling economic decentralization in mainland China. The authors contend that the intra-elite conflicts between the authoritarian ruler and the ruling elites within the state prompted the ruler to pursue decentralization as a strategy to curb the influence wielded by the ruling elites. By examining the composition of the Chinese Communist Party''s Central Committee, they find that the Cultural Revolution, fueled by elite conflicts, shifted the elite selectorate''s composition from favoring central agencies to favoring local interests. Subsequent low turnover reinforced this shift, aligning elite incentives with decentralization policies and committing the Chinese leadership to a decentralized path in the 1980s. Additionally, Taiwan''s economic liberalization under the Kuomintang''s authoritarian rule provides further evidence of the link between ruling party elite composition and economic policy orientation.

DKK 218.00
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Elite Forces - R.m. Bennett - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Elite Forces - R.m. Bennett - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The invincible reputation of specialist military units such as the USA''s Delta Force, Israel''s IDP, and of course, Britian''s SAS has grown steadily in recent years. Thanks to a number of successful campaigns and anti-terror operations, from London''s Iranian Embassy siege in 1980 to the second Gulf War, in which they played a crucial role, it''s now assumed that special forces are ideal for our world of small, localised conflicts - and especially George W Bush''s war on terror.Elite Forces: The World''s Most Formidable Secret Armies:- Contains over 500 compelling entries that cut through myth and secrecy.- Details the history, selection and training procedures and orders of battle of every major elite fighting force in the world today.- Is packed with hair-raising examples of individual heroism, endurance and courage in adversity.- Is fully up to date and includes recent coalition operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.- Takes an objective look at what happens when things go wrong, as they did most famously during the Gulf War of 1991 and in America''s intervention in Somalia in 1993.- Explores the hidden links between elite forces and governments, intelligence organisations and business, and their controversial lack of accountability.- Examines how new technologies have come to the aid of the elite soldier.This is the first book of its kind to examine all aspects of the overlap between elite forces and the hidden worlds of intelligence and counter-terrorism, and takes an objective look at the secret, controversial role of special forces and ''Freelancers'' in covert, deadly operations around the world. Elite Forces is a compelling, revealing - and occasionally shocking - read, and an authoritive and easy-to-use reference resource.

DKK 161.00
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Elite Networks - Vuk ) Vukovic - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

Elite Networks - Vuk ) Vukovic - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

Elite Networks presents a new explanatory factor behind the persistence of income inequality: extractive political power.Elite networks are informal social networks between politicians in power and top executives of politically connected firms where personal ties and long-term interactions build trust and loyalty between involved actors. Both groups draw benefits from these interactions; politicians stay in power, and corporate executives extract rents for their firms. Firms reward connected executives with higher salaries thus widening the dispersion of earnings in society. In Elite Networks, Vuk Vukovic offers a different perspective on the long-run origins of inequality. Calling upon historical arguments and direct empirical evidence, Vukovic argues that inequality is not an artifact of a particular economic system, but a man-made phenomenon rooted deeply within the, often violent, quest for political power. Further, he theoretically and empirically establishes the impact elite networks have on higher inequality. Offering a unique contribution to the field, this book argues that to lower inequality and prevent incentives of elite network formation, we must first and foremost lower centralized political power and re-empower the citizens and the community by rebuilding trust and relying on the democratic trial-and-error mechanism.

DKK 264.00
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