Title
Developing an Elite Index for Comparative Studies: The Schooling of Irish and UK Cabinet Ministers
Document Type
Conference Paper
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
Political science
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.
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).
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/D76J6V
Publication Details
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, IL, USA (April 2014).