This paper investigates the role of elite philanthropy in the context of rising global inequality, asking whether large … review of the most recent social science literature on elites, which focuses on elite reproduction, how wealthy families … the current landscape of inequality, based on the work of British sociologist Mike Savage (2015), arguing that elite …

major global economic power while limiting dissent and pluralism on the internal elite level of politicians as well as the … public dissent among the internal elite of the country. The aim of this research is to show that other factors alone are not … sufficient to drive the fall of the regime, unless these factors contribute to the rise of elite dissent …