Fredrik Engelstad is Professor (em) in Sociology at the University of Oslo. Trygve Gulbrandsen is Research Professor (em) at Institute of Social Research and formerly Adjunct Professor in Sociology at University of Oslo.  Marte Mangset is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway. Mari Teigen is Research Professor at Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway.

• Introduction: Elites and People: Challenges to Democracy; Fredrik Engelstad, Trygve Gulbrandsen, Marte Mangset, and Mari Teigen PART I: POLITICAL ELITES AND POPULATIONS 1. Elites Survival and the Arab Spring: The Cases of Tunisia and Egypt; Stig Stenslie and Kjetil Selvik 2. The Development of Political Legitimacy among MPs and Citizens in Old and Young Democracies; Ursula Hoffmann-Lange 3. Unraveling Unchanged Supranational Commitment of National Political Elites during the Eurozone Crisis; Borbála Gӧncz 4. The Political Elite and Trust in EU Institutions after the Crisis. A Comparative Analysis of the Hungarian Case; György Lengyel and Laura Szabó PART II: ELITE RECRUITMENT AND MOBILITY 5. The (Re-)Production of Elites in Private and Public Boarding Schools: Comparative Perspectives on Elite Education in Germany; Anja Gibson 6. The Class Identity Negotiations of Upwardly Mobile Individuals amongst Whites and the Racial Other: A US-French Comparison; Jules Naudet and Shirin Shahrokni 7. Women Executives: Empowering Women through Selection in Germany and Brazil; Farida Jalalzai PART III: ELITES AND POPULISM 8. Elites, Insecurity, and Populists in Western Democracies; John Higley 9. The Populist Elite Paradox: Using Elite Theory to Elucidate the Shapes and Stakes of Populist Elite Critiques; Marte Mangset, Fredrik Engelstad, Mari Teigen, and Trygve Gulbrandsen - OPEN ACCESS CHAPTER