relationship between clientelism and elite capture, and their respective consequences for allocation of public services, welfare …

Ghana, in contrast, adopts the ‘co-opt-elite’ approach and deliberately absorbs local elites into the water committee. This …, because of the structural asset dependence of poor people on the elites, the ‘co-opt-elite’ approach risks legitimizing the … level, which thus leaves room for elite capture. This paper compares and contrasts two case studies, both of which take …

alleviation have largely ignored elites. By failing to embrace the crucial role elites play in the implementation of pro … towards propoor policy. Historical accounts of the evolution of welfare states in the UK and USA inform us that elites … prioritization of poverty reduction is driven by the extent to which elites and the poor are interdependent, such that the presence …

This paper shows how an elite cadre of public sector officials played a key role in the success of administrative …

This paper describes the very different role played by female elites in contemporary developing countries, as compared … the elites, must be understood with reference to changing values and attitudes. They are not simply economically … determined. Finally, the paper underlines the way in which these features of business and politics strengthen elite families in …

role of the political elite in economic progress. This paper contributes to this literature by studying why the political … elite are motivated to promote economic development in China. It argues that like politicians in other types of political …’s developmental elites to understand their motivations for economic growth in the reform era. To better understand whether or not …

paper I argue that understanding how elites form and reproduce is key to understanding the persistence of institutions over … US, South Africa and Germany I show how elites influence institutions. To change institutions requires having an … understanding of how reforms influence the preferences, capabilities and strategies of elites. …

The aim of this paper is to examine the evolution of recruitment of elites due to globalization. In the last century …, the main change that occurred in the way the Western world trained its elites is that meritocracy became the basis for … stratification effect will be even stronger. Globalization will bring about the formation of an international technocratic elite with …

like to reduce; and that the elite believe that there are effective remedies. What is missing for Brazilian elites is the …This paper discusses data from a survey and in-depth interviews on elite perceptions of poverty in Brazil. De Swaan … tried to identify the circumstances under which elites are willing to mobilize resources in order to promote poverty …