Special Issue
- Pakulski, Jan: Introduction: John Higley’s Work on Elite Foundations of Social Theory and Politics.
- Domhoff, G. William: An Invitation to a Four-Network Theory of Power: A New Viewpoint Compatible with Elite Theory.
- Pakulski, Jan: The Weberian Foundations of Modern Elite Theory and Democratic Elitism.
- Körösényi, András: Monopolistic Competition, Auction and Authorization. A Schumpeterian View of Leadership and the Political Market.
- Best, Heinrich: Marx or Mosca? An Inquiry into the Foundations of Ideocratic Regimes.
- Baylis, Thomas A.: Elite Consensus and Political Polarization: Cases from Central Europe.
- Lengyel, György & Ilonszki, Gabriella: Simulated Democracy and Pseudo-Transformational Leadership in Hungary.
- Steen, Anton: Elite and Mass Confidence in New Democracies – Towards Congruence? The Baltic States 1992-2007.
- Gulbrandsen, Trygve: Elite Integration – An Empirical Study.
- Cotta, Maurizio: Political Elites and a Polity in the Making: The Case of the EU.
- Hoffmann-Lange, Ursula: Vertical and Horizontal Accountability of Global Elites: Some Theoretical Reflections and a Preliminary Research Agenda.
- Daloz, Jean-Pascal: Elite (Un)Conspicuousness: Theoretical Reflections on Ostentation vs. Understatement.
- Moore, Gwen & Dolan, Scott: U.S. Elite and Public Views on Anti-Terrorist Military Action: Are Women Less Militaristic?.
Appendix: John Higley - Selected Contributions
- Higley, John & Burton, Michael G.: The Elite Variable in Democratic Transitions and Breakdowns [1989].
- Dogan, Mattei & Higley, John: Elites, Crises, and Regimes in Comparative Analysis [1998].
- Higley, John & Pakulski, Jan.: Elite Power Games and Democratic Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe [1999].
- Higley, John & Pakulski, Jan: Elite Theory versus Marxism: The Twentieth Century’s Verdict [2000].
- Higley, John & Pakulski, Jan: Elite and Leadership Change in Liberal Democracies [2007].
- Higley, John: Democratic Elitism and Western Political Thought [2009].