Liberal democracy is at risk. Its hallmark institutions-political pluralism, separation of powers,
and rule of law-are coming under pressure, as authoritarian sentiment is growing around the …

El objetivo del trabajo es abordar algunas problemáticas recurrentes y alternativas para el
diseño muestral de poblaciones de porte medio en el campo de estudio de elites. El trabajo …

Recent studies of Putin-era elites have focused primarily on the role of siloviki. We bring the
focus back to an analysis of the elite continuity within the Soviet regime. By compiling a …

Democracy's normative foundation is political equality. Yet the dominance of the elite over
the masses, and the systematic exclusion of particular social and economic groups from the …

The literature frequently recommends purposive sampling of elites based on the
assumptions that random sampling negatively affects the response rate and that it induces …

Top civil society organisations (CSOs) face a particular legitimacy dilemma as they need to
have leaders who are seen as legitimate by the elite groups they interact with, and by those …

This paper presents a novel methodological approach, multi-dimensional measure of
resource stratification in civil society (MMRSC). The method aims at mapping civil society …

Agricultural pesticide use is a wicked sustainability challenge: Trade‐offs exist between
health, environmental, agro‐economic, and socio‐political objectives. Various actors …

The aim of this article is to introduce a framework that expands our understanding of the
power of public opinion in influencing decisions at the multilateral level, with particular focus …

Amid growing polarisation in European societies, civil society elites, encompassing resource-
rich, influential and often liberal-oriented civil society organisations (CSOs), are under …