John Higley
John Higley (born October 25, 1938 ) is an American sociologist and author.
His interests include general comparative politics, political sociology, and the comparative study of political elites. He wrote extensively on elite theory and analysis. From 2001 to 2006 he was the chairman of the government department and is currently chairman of the Research Committee on Political Elites of the International Political Science Association. As director of the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies, founded by Higley in 1988, he also writes on domestic, security, foreign and trade issues in these countries and how they affect US relations with them, z. B. "Elites in Australia", 1979; "The Challenge of NAFTA: North America, Australia, New Zealand and the World Trade Regime," 1993; "Australia: The Politics of Becoming a Republic", 2000; "The US-Australia Alliance: An American Political Perspective" (2006).
Publications
- Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe. 1992
- Elites, crises and the origins of the regimes. 1998
- Post-communist elites and democracy in Eastern Europe. 1998
- Elites after state socialism. 2000
- Elite foundations of liberal democracy. 2006
literature
- Jan Pakulski: John Higley's work on elite foundations of social theory and politics. In: Historical Social Research. Volume 37, No. 1, 2012, pp. 9-20, doi: 10.12759 / hsr.37.2012.1.9-20
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| SURNAME | Higley, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1938 |