Research Methods for Elite Studies

Dr. George Moyser is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Vermont. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Michigan. He has served as Research Director on several funded projects in the fields of political participation and religion and politics. He has published several books and numerous articles in professional journals.Margaret Wagstaffe was, at the time of original publication, a Research Associate in the Department of Government at the University of Manchester.

• Preface. 1. Studying Elites: Theoretical and Methodological Issues George Moyser and Margaret Wagstaffe Part I: Political and Social Elites 2. Surveying National Elites in the Federal Republic of Germany Ursula Hoffmann-Lange 3. Studying Members of the United States Congress Barbara Sinclair and David Brady 4. Interviewing Party-Political Elites in Italy Geoffrey Pridham 5. Studying a Religious Elite: The Case of the Anglican Episcopate Kenneth Medhurst and George Moyser 6. Oral History as an Instrument of Research into Scottish Educational Policy-Making Charles Raab Part II: Economic Elites 7. The Fly on the Wall of the Inner Sanctum: Observing Company Directors at Work John Winkler 8. The Study of a Business Elite and Corporate Philanthropy in a United States Metropolitan Area Joseph Galaskiewicz 9. Working on Directors: Some Methodological Issues Peter Brannen Part III: Defensive Elites 10. The Threatened Elite: Studying Leaders in an Urban Community Margaret Wagstaffe and George Moyser 11. Elite Studies in a ‘Paranocracy’: The Northern Ireland Case Paul Arthur 12. The Study of Soviet and East-European Elites Christopher Binns 13. Interview Political Elites in Taiwan Moshe M. Czudnowski. Bibliography. Index.