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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 …
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later. Using instrumental variables methods, we establish that this relationship is causal: a longer period in power … increases the chance that a person may start (or continue) a political dynasty. Therefore, dynastic political power is self …-perpetuating in that a positive exogenous shock to a person.s political power has persistent effects through posterior dynastic …
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capital, the accumulation of capital and the unit of capital. Specifically, our argument builds on a power understanding of …,’ represents a commodification of power by leading groups in society. Over the past century, this power has been re-structured and … capital now needs inflation, and inflation requires instability and social crisis. It is within this broader dynamics of power …
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Israeli politics saw major realignments in 1977 and 1992. The effect of long range economic cycles on the nature and outcome of Israeli electoral politics is examined in these two elections.
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The unravelling of the Middle-East peace process continues to baffle the pundits. The early optimism of the Oslo peace accord has now turned into despair. Prime minister Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist. The Palestinians have embarked on a new Intifada. And Israel has re-occupied...
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“capitalisation of power”. Applying this concept to Israel, and drawing on seemingly unrelated phenomena, the authors reveal the big …
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It is popular these days to talk about the "discontent" of neoliberal globalization. This "discontent" is no longer the prerogative of intellectuals. Increasingly, it comes from below, with opposition from the grassroots. But there may be another type of discontent lurking behind the scenes....
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historical role played by key power groups. And, finally, rather than focus merely on domestic considerations, we claim that both …
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A theoretical and historical account of the global political economy of oil, armament and capital accumulation in the Middel East.
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Introducing employee participation in a company can be expected to change the power relations and the power processes … ownership interrelates with power relations and processes in the company. Moreover, some overarching patterns were derived from … the analysis finally resulting in seven propositions about how employee ownership and power are linked to each other. …
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