Developing an Elite Index for Comparative Studies: The Schooling of Irish and UK Cabinet Ministers

Authors

John Hogan, Technological University DublinFollow
Brendan K. O'Rourke, Technological University DublinFollow
Paul Donnelly, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Political science

Publication Details

Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, IL, USA (April 2014).

Abstract

Elites and their formation have become of increasing public concern and research interest in recent years. The lessons from such research can be made more generalizable if a measure of elite formation could be developed that is comparable across countries. But, the nature of elite formation renders this a complex task. Nevertheless, in this paper, by building upon measures employed in other fields, such as industrial economics, we construct indices that facilitate the comparison of elite formation across countries. We illustrate this through a comparison of the schooling of Irish and British cabinet ministers.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/D76J6V

Recommended Citation

Hogan, J., O’Rourke, B.K. and Donnelly, P. (2014) Developing an Elite Index for Comparative Studies: The Schooling of Irish and UK Cabinet Ministers. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL, USA (April 2014).