Elites 2022 Epub

En s'appuyant sur les recherches récentes en sciences sociales et sur les témoignages d'anciens élèves de grandes écoles de tout âge (les alumni), Jean-Philippe Decka décortique la prise de conscience, les doutes et les freins rencontrés par cette élite sur le chemin du renoncement consistant à tourner le dos à une carrière prestigieuse ultra rémunératrice et aux nombreux privilèges qui l'accompagnent.

This book examines three cases of democratic transitions by self-transformation of the non-democratic regimes in Southern Europe—the Spanish reforma pactada-ruptura pactada of 1976-77, the Greek “Markezinis experiment” of 1973, and the Turkish democratic transition of 1983—in a comparative perspective. The author argues that a democratic transition initiated by the regime elites is, in contrast to widely held assumptions and notwithstanding some reservations on whether democracy can be (re-)introduced by non-democrats, worth viewing as a “window of opportunity” for democratisation. It is up to the democratic counter-elites to respond to it, using the civil society and the international factor as allies to achieve their goal of acquiring more concessions from the regime.

Written by 55 of the richest white men of early America, and signed by only 39 of them, the constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth and misinformation - many Americans have opinions on the constitution but have no idea what's in it.