Rebecca Jean Emigh is Professor of Sociology at The University of California, Los Angeles, USA. She is a comparative historical sociologist who specializes in long-term social change and the author of multiple prize-winning articles and books on a range of topics, including capitalism, censuses, social theory, and historical demography.Dylan Riley is Professor of Sociology at The University of California, Berkeley and author of The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe and Antecedents of Censuses and Changes in Censuses.

• Section 1. The Powers of Elites and NonelitesChapter 1. Introduction: Relational Power Theory: Elites and Nonelites; Rebecca Jean Emigh and Dylan RileyChapter 2. Streets and Elites: Corruption Grievances in Contemporary Revolutions; Colin J. Beck and Mlada BukovanskyChapter 3. Asian Art Patronage: Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Legitimation; Patricia A. BanksChapter 4. Decolonizing Porto? Thinking on the Portuguese “Unfinished” Decolonization Process from a Collaborative Action-Research Project with the City’s Black Communities; Lígia Ferro, Beatriz Lacerda, Lydia Matthews, and Susan MeiselasSection 2. Elites and Social TransformationsChapter 5. Elite Conflict and Industry Regulation: How Political Polarization Affects Local Restriction and State Preemption of the U.S. Hydraulic Fracturing Industry; Lori Qingyuan Yue and Yuni WenChapter 6. Elite Politics and Economic Crisis: Hyperinflation in Argentina, 1989-1990; Tod S. Van GuntenChapter 7. Elites, Colonialism, and Property Rights in Historical Perspective; Abhishek ChatterjeeChapter 8. Do Events Shape Race? A Comparative-Historical Examination of the Catholic Irish in 17th-Century Barbados and Montserrat; Caroline Virginia ReillyChapter 9. Historical Trajectories of Official Information Gathering in India; Patricia Ahmed, Rebecca Jean Emigh, and Dylan Riley