Elites in Switzerland: the rise and fall of a model of elite coordination

Autori

  • Felix Bühlman University of Lausanne
  • Marion Beetschen University of Lausanne
  • Thomas David University of Lausanne
  • Stéphanie Ginalski University of Lausanne
  • André Mach University of Lausanne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2017.125960

Parole chiave:

Swiss elites, Political, economic and administrative elites, Multipositionality

Abstract

The aim of this article is to understand the recent transformations of Swiss elites. Based on a database of political, economic and administrative elites covering the whole twentieth century, we investigate the social background, education and coordination mechanisms of Swiss elites. We find that for a long time, they maintained their power through a combination of a socially narrow recruitment and a coordination model including the army as meeting place, a corporatist organisation of the economy and multipositionality between political and economic fields. As a result of the increasing internationalisation of managers of Swiss firms, this model of elite coordination has eroded since the 1990s and led to a (relatively) unpredictable transition phase

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Biografie autore

  • Felix Bühlman, University of Lausanne

    Assistant professor, University of Lausanne. 

     

  • Marion Beetschen, University of Lausanne

    Research Fellow, University of Lausanne.

  • Thomas David, University of Lausanne

    Full Professor, University of Lausanne. 

  • Stéphanie Ginalski, University of Lausanne

    Senior Lecturer, University of Lausanne.

  • André Mach, University of Lausanne

    Associate Professor, University of Lausanne.

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Pubblicato

2017-12-12

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Sezione

Dossiê - Elites

Come citare

Bühlman, F., Beetschen, M., David, T., Ginalski, S., & Mach, A. (2017). Elites in Switzerland: the rise and fall of a model of elite coordination. Tempo Social, 29(3), 181-199. https://doi.org/10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2017.125960