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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Elite (Social sciences)"”.
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Elite Status in the PRC: Its formation and maintenance
The goal of this dissertation is to determine how elite status in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is formed, maintained, and perpetuated. The role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is studied to see how the CCP confirms elite status. The political, military, and commercial elites form the …
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Elites and society in modern Greece: cabinet circulation and systemic change (1946-1976)
… an evaluative overview of the Greek ruling elite in its evolving social setting, and b) to examine the changing composition of the cabinet elite (N = 589) from 1946 to 1976, especially as it relates to systemic change.</p> <p>The first part of the study describes how an identity crisis …
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Dressing for the Times: Fashion in Tang Dynasty China (618-907)
… as fashion. Increased wealth among Tang elites was paralleled by a greater investment in clothes, which imbued clothes with new meaning. Intellectuals, who viewed heightened commercial activity and social mobility as symptomatic of an unstable society, found such profound changes in the …
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Minding Our Own Business: Community, Consumers and Cooperation
… people to gain some control over the enormous social and economic changes sweeping the country in the first half of the century. While industrialization and corporate consolidation that occurred during this period offered a range of new opportunities for people who had the means to take …
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Materials of Buddhist Culture: Aesthetics and Cosmopolitanism at Mindroling Monastery
… that played a key role in cultivating the ruling elite class during a critical moment of Tibet's history. This analysis demonstrates that the connections between Buddhism and high culture have been salient throughout the history of Buddhism, rendering the project relevant to a broad range of …
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Between kin and king: Social aspects of Western Zhou ritual
… by the different interests of Western Zhou elites. Separate discussions consider the role of ancestral rites and inscribed bronzes in materializing the royal presence within the interaction spheres of elite lineages; the evolution of ritual performances of Zhou kingship, and their …