prevent it. Moreover, this paper shows that the bureaucratic elite obtains excessive bureaucratic power, and that promiscuous … bureaucratic elite has been joining the business elite after leaving office, and this in growing numbers. This relationship has …. The purpose of this paper is to explain why this social behavior takes place, and why the political elite does not try to …

it. Moreover, this paper shows that the bureaucratic elite obtains excessive bureaucratic power, and that promiscuous … bureaucratic elite has been joining the business elite after leaving office, and this in growing numbers. This relationship has … purpose of this paper is to explain why this social behavior takes place, and why the political elite does not try to prevent …

intergenerational framework, we show that a two-tier higher education system with standard and elite universities generates social … stratification, high social immobility and self-reproduction of the elite. Moreover, we show that the higher the relative funding for … elite universities, the higher the elite self-reproduction, and the lower social mobility. We also analyse the impacts of …

incumbent elite is a negative function of the distance to the free world. In consequence, there are conflicting effects of … geography on political power shifting. The paper provides a rationale for the counterintuitive fact that the first authoritarian …

intergenerational model which shows that a two-tier higher education characterised by a division between elite and standard universities … can be a key factor in generating permanent social stratification, social immobility and self-reproduction of the "elite … elite and standard universities. A key result is that the wider the quality gap and the difference in per student …

stratification effect will be even stronger. Globalization will bring about the formation of an international technocratic elite with …

incumbent elite is a negative function of the distance to the "free world". In consequence, there are conflicting effects of … geography on political power shifting. The paper provides a rationale for the counterintuitive fact that the first authoritarian …